The JustPod: Sentencing Reform, Statutory Mandatory Minimum Sentences, And The Quest For Justice: Our Discussion With Retired Federal District Judge Mark W. Bennett
Judge Xavier Rodriguez on Possession, Custody, or Control from the Meet and Confer Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 20: Tips for Court Cases with Judge Dennis and Judge Wilkins of Maynard Nexsen
Exploring Procedural Justice | Judge Steve Leben | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
From the Courtroom to the Capitol: Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum Talks Leadership, Advocacy, and the Journey to Public Service – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - The Five Most Common Faults of Trial Lawyers
A Conversation With Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Judging and Advocacy at Every Level | Justice Jane Bland | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Potential Changes to SCOTX Petition Practice | Justice Evan Young | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 346: Judicial Accountability in the Workplace (w/Aliza Shatzman)
Introducing The Portia Project | M.C. Sungaila | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
An Unexpected Path to the Appellate Bench | Justice Rebeca Huddle | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
A Judicial Perspective on Using Technology at Oral Argument | Judge John Owens | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Episode 13 | Criminal Sentencing Reform: A Conversation with Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Michael Donnelly
Disruption and Increasing Access to Justice | Chief Justice Bridget McCormack | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Psycholinguistics and Legal Writing | Judge Robert Bacharach | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Original Proceedings and Emergency Relief in the Courts of Appeals | Kirk Cooper | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Live Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What’s Changed?
Why Judges Should Be on Social Media | Judge Stephen Dillard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Paths to Texas Judicial Selection Reform | Chief Justice Tom Phillips | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Oral argument occupies a privileged place in appellate mythology. It is often described as the moment when judges engage counsel, probe weaknesses, and decide close cases. In modern appellate practice, however, that...more
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The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features a discussion with retired federal District Judge Mark W. Bennett. ...more
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The Arizona Supreme Court has added the ethical obligation of technology competence to the state’s judicial ethics code. The court’s decision to explicitly insert a technology competence requirement into its rules for judges...more
The advancements of data analytics in this century have transformed how decisions are made in many professions. Rather than an educated human guess, analytics can find patterns, provide guidance, and predict outcomes based on...more
This essay uses a recent Delaware Chancery Court decision to examine the persistent use of boilerplate objections in discovery. It argues that the practice reflects a failure of reflective judgment and undermines the...more
A California Superior Court recently saw its decision reversed on appeal to the California Court of Appeal over several improper evidentiary rulings in Sabrena Odom v. Los Angeles Community College District, et al., (2025)...more
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On July 22, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a published order in Sisco v. Holtzman, Rec. No. 024025, clarifying the rules for assignments of error in appellate proceedings. Assignments matter. The Court of Appeals...more
Two recent summary judgment decisions out of the Northern District of California, issued only two days apart, highlight the complexity of deciding whether the unauthorized use of copyrighted works to train large language...more
Two days apart, two judges in the Northern District of California decided on summary judgment that two examples of using copyrighted works to train AI models were transformative, and ultimately fair use under US copyright...more