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Accessing Justice With Zoom: Experiences And Outcomes In Online Civil Courts, Victor D. Quintanilla, Kurt Hugenberg, Ryan Hutchings, Nedim Yel Jan 2023

Accessing Justice With Zoom: Experiences And Outcomes In Online Civil Courts, Victor D. Quintanilla, Kurt Hugenberg, Ryan Hutchings, Nedim Yel

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The global COVID-19 pandemic brought significant change to our civil justice system, particularly in the rapid shift from in-person to remote court proceedings. Courts across the country, facing the unprecedented challenge of a global health emergency, embraced rapid innovation and the adoption of remote proceeding platforms, such as Zoom and Webex. State courts did so across case types, including within high-volume civil dockets containing evictions, debt collections, small claims, and family law cases, where millions of self-represented and unrepresented litigants encounter the U.S. civil justice system each year. Amid the pandemic, voices converged to encourage these justice innovations, including the …


Changed Science Writs And State Habeas Relief, Valena Beety Jan 2020

Changed Science Writs And State Habeas Relief, Valena Beety

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For decades now, the 1996 federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) has limited the scope and influence of federal courts in post-conviction case review, forcing convicted individuals to rely instead on state habeas proceedings for conviction relief. Due in large part to the 2009 National Academy of Sciences Report, petitions for conviction relief increasingly include challenges to the government’s scientific evidence at trial. These petitions analyze that evidence by comparing the trial evidence to the advancement of scientific findings and scientific knowledge in the years since the trial. State habeas petitions thus provide an avenue for relief from …


Unequal Opportunities: Education Pathways To The U.S. Judiciary, Alfred C. Aman Jan 2017

Unequal Opportunities: Education Pathways To The U.S. Judiciary, Alfred C. Aman

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This paper is about diversity in federal and state courts in the United States. My main argument is that we should promote a judiciary that is reflective of the society of which it is a part for three reasons: first, because in doing so, we gain critical awareness of barriers to judicial service; second, because in doing so, we are also promoting access to resources, education and opportunities in the legal profession; and third, because it is possible (although not automatic) that a reflective judiciary will broaden the range of experience and perspective on the matters involved in the cases …


State Court Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Past, The Perils, And The Promise, Dawn E. Johnsen Jan 2015

State Court Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Past, The Perils, And The Promise, Dawn E. Johnsen

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The Politics Of Crime And The Threat To Judicial Independence, Jeannine Bell Jan 2003

The Politics Of Crime And The Threat To Judicial Independence, Jeannine Bell

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Interstate Dialogue In State Constitutional Law, Patrick L. Baude Jan 1997

Interstate Dialogue In State Constitutional Law, Patrick L. Baude

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Statutory Interpretation In State Courts -- A Study Of Indiana Opinions, William D. Popkin Jan 1991

Statutory Interpretation In State Courts -- A Study Of Indiana Opinions, William D. Popkin

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Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1988

Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley

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Federal Jurisdiction In Diversity And Related Cases, Wencelas J. Wagner Jan 1959

Federal Jurisdiction In Diversity And Related Cases, Wencelas J. Wagner

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State Constitutions, State Courts And First Amendment Freedoms, Monrad G. Paulsen Jan 1951

State Constitutions, State Courts And First Amendment Freedoms, Monrad G. Paulsen

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