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Mindfulness
Mindfulness

Retired judge Lee Sinclair describes one of his days in the Court of Common Pleas in Canton, Ohio, this way: It’s four o’clock, and I have three hearings still waiting. We are two hours behind schedule....

Considering a New Year’s resolution, judge? Try mindfulness

Retired judge Lee Sinclair describes one of his days in the Court of Common Pleas in Canton, Ohio, this way: It’s four o’clock, and I have three hearings still waiting. We are two hours behind schedule....

Peacemaking word cloud
Peacemaking word cloud

If you were to close your eyes and envision a courtroom, chances are you’d conjure the stereotypical image of a bench, a judge in a robe, the juror’s box. A peacemaking court looks very different. For e...

Justice in a circle: how a peacemaking court works

If you were to close your eyes and envision a courtroom, chances are you’d conjure the stereotypical image of a bench, a judge in a robe, the juror’s box. A peacemaking court looks very different. For e...

Dakota Pipeline
Dakota Pipeline

‘Each of us had moments when our eyes were filled with tears’ Hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters continue to protest construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the reservation o...

Peacemaker judge describes poignant scenes at Dakota pipeline protests

‘Each of us had moments when our eyes were filled with tears’ Hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters continue to protest construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the reservation o...

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