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Constructing Courts: Architecture, The Ideology Of Judging, And The Public Sphere, Allison Anna Tait
Constructing Courts: Architecture, The Ideology Of Judging, And The Public Sphere, Allison Anna Tait
Law Faculty Publications
In several countries, governments have embarked on major building expansion programs for their judiciaries. The new buildings posit the courtroom as their center and the judge as that room’s pivot. These contemporary projects follow the didactic path laid out in Medieval and Renaissance town halls, which repeatedly deployed symbolism in efforts to shape norms. Dramatic depictions then reminded judges to be loyal subjects of the state. In contrast, modern buildings narrate not only the independence of judges but also the dominion of judges, insulated from the state. The significant allocation of public funds reflects the prestige accorded to courts by …
Tribute To Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico, John G. Douglass
Tribute To Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico, John G. Douglass
Law Faculty Publications
An insightful personal perspective of Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico by Professor John G. Douglass.
Post-Crisis Reconsideration Of Federal Court Reform, David R. Cleveland
Post-Crisis Reconsideration Of Federal Court Reform, David R. Cleveland
Law Faculty Publications
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Salvaging The 2013 Federal Law Clerk Hiring Season, Carl W. Tobias
Salvaging The 2013 Federal Law Clerk Hiring Season, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Ten years ago, the judiciary instituted the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan, an employment system meant to regularize hiring in which most circuit and district court jurists voluntarily participated. Throughout the succeeding decade, this process operated effectively for innumerable trial judges, but functioned less well for appellate jurists. In early 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit revealed that all its members "will hire law clerks at such times as each individual judge determines to be appropriate," concomitantly explaining "the plan is [apparently] no longer working." With these statements, the D.C. Circuit explicitly acknowledged what …
Tips For Capturing 2014 Federal Court Clerkships, Carl W. Tobias
Tips For Capturing 2014 Federal Court Clerkships, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Now is a perfect moment for analyzing 2014 clerkships because law students across the country have completed their productive summer employment and are poised to commence their final year. Below are ideas which could help aspirants secure those coveted positions that start during next August.
Senate Gridlock And Federal Judicial Selection, Carl W. Tobias
Senate Gridlock And Federal Judicial Selection, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
One crucial locus of gridlock is appointments to the United States Courts of Appeals, which have grown extremely contentious, as the circuits resolve disputes about controversial issues and can effectively be tribunals of last resort for designated areas. Continuous Republican and Democratic charges, recriminations, and divisiveness have roiled the process for decades. The bench constitutes 179 judgeships; however, seventeen remained vacant at President Barack Obama's second inauguration notwithstanding his pledge to end the "confirmation wars" by assiduously consulting senators. Laboring without ten percent of the appellate court members subverts prompt, inexpensive and fair case disposition and undermines citizen respect for …