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Crowd with Signs at Courthouse

A syllogism: All sentient humans have learned, implicit biases, all judges are sentient human beings, ergo, all judges have implicit biases. The issue is not whether judges are biased. The issue is how judge...

You’re biased, I’m biased. So what are we judges going to do about it?

A syllogism: All sentient humans have learned, implicit biases, all judges are sentient human beings, ergo, all judges have implicit biases. The issue is not whether judges are biased. The issue is how judge...

The College’s Question of the Month for June 2018 asked judges if they give special instructions to jurors to guard against unconscious bias. Most do not, according to the poll. One anonymous respondent ...

One judge’s warning against bias

The College’s Question of the Month for June 2018 asked judges if they give special instructions to jurors to guard against unconscious bias. Most do not, according to the poll. One anonymous respondent ...

Drugs and dogtags
Drugs and dogtags

It is summer time, which means family vacations and military moves. Sadly, it also means judges are likely to see military members in municipal or federal magistrate courts for impaired-driving offenses. ...

Five things judges need to know about impaired driving and the military

It is summer time, which means family vacations and military moves. Sadly, it also means judges are likely to see military members in municipal or federal magistrate courts for impaired-driving offenses. ...

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