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What's On First?: Organizing The Casebook And Molding The Mind, Donald G. Gifford, Joseph L. Kroart Iii, Brian Jones, Cheryl Cortemeglia

Faculty Scholarship

This study empirically tests the proposition that law students adopt different conceptions of the judge’s role in adjudication based on whether they first study intentional torts, negligence, or strict liability. The authors conducted an anonymous survey of more than 450 students enrolled in eight law schools at the beginning, mid-point, and end of the first semester of law school. The students were prompted to indicate to what extent they believed the judge’s role to be one of rule application and, conversely, to what extent it was one of considering social, economic, and ideological factors. The survey found that while all …

Remarks By Professor Larry S. Gibson On The Occasion Of The Investiture Of Andre M. Davis, Larry S. Gibson

Faculty Scholarship

Remarks by Professor Larry S. Gibson on the Occasion of the Investiture of Andre M. Davis as an Associate Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, April 30, 2010.

Remarks On The Occasion Of The Renaming Of The Robert M. Bell Center For Civil Rights In Education At Morgan State University, Larry S. Gibson

Faculty Scholarship

Remarks presented at the April 28th event honoring Maryland Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and the naming of the Morgan State University’s Center for Civil Rights in Education for the Judge.

A Public Calling: Lessons From The Lives Of Judges Of Color In Pennsylvania, Phoebe A. Haddon

Faculty Scholarship

This paper discusses how Judge Clifford Scott Green, Judge William Marutani, and Judge Juanita Kidd Stout spent their lives as leaders in the law to illustrate the ideal of a "public calling."

Here Comes The Judge! Gender Distortion On Tv Reality Court Shows, Taunya Lovell Banks

Faculty Scholarship

In the judicial world of television court shows women constitute a majority of the judges and where non-white women and men dominate. In real life most judges are white and male. This essay looks at the gender and racial composition and demeanor of these television reality judges. It asks whether women TV reality judges behave differently from their male counterparts and whether women’s increased visibility as judges on daytime reality court shows reinforces or diminishes traditional negative stereotypes about women, especially non-white women.

Judging Genes: Implications Of The Second Generation Of Genetic Tests In The Courtroom, Diane E. Hoffmann, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

The use of DNA tests for identification has revolutionized court proceedings in criminal and paternity cases. Now, requests by litigants to admit or compel a second generation of genetic tests – tests to confirm or predict genetic diseases and conditions – threaten to affect judicial decision-making in many more contexts. Unlike DNA tests for identification, these second generation tests may provide highly personal health and behavioral information about individuals and their relatives and will pose new challenges for trial court judges. This article reports on an original empirical study of how judges analyze these requests and uses the study results …

Racial Diversity On The Bench: Beyond Role Models And Public Confidence, Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Faculty Scholarship

The lack of racial diversity on our nation’s courts threatens both the quality and legitimacy of judicial decision-making. Traditional arguments emphasizing the “role model” value of black judges and the need for black judges to help promote “public confidence” in the justice system have turned our attention away from the most important justification for judicial diversity: Diversity on the bench can enrich judicial decision-making by including a variety of voices and perspectives in the deliberative process. In this Article, the Author advocates racial diversity among judges as a critical means of achieving cultural pluralism in judicial decision-making.

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Judging The Judges: Racial Diversity, Impartiality And Representation On State Trial Courts, Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Faculty Scholarship

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Studying Deck Chairs On The Titanic, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman

Faculty Scholarship

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Appellate Justice Bureaucracy And Scholarship, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

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The Supreme Court Rules For The Reporting Of Opinions: A Critique, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

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The Non-Precedential Precedent - Limited Publication And No-Citation Rules In The United States Courts Of Appeals, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman

Faculty Scholarship

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