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Making sure that litigants without lawyers feel they are getting a fair hearing – even the ones who deny the right of the court to judge them – has never been easy for judges. But our informal poll of NJ...

Judges think they know how to deal with self-represented litigants

Making sure that litigants without lawyers feel they are getting a fair hearing – even the ones who deny the right of the court to judge them – has never been easy for judges. But our informal poll of NJ...

ChatGPT and OpenAI
ChatGPT and OpenAI

Chatbots that can answer questions and write legal briefs? Three-quarters of judges responding to our survey say they have never tried the technology. That doesn’t mean they don’t have strong opinions...

Most judges haven’t tried ChatGPT, and they aren’t impressed

Chatbots that can answer questions and write legal briefs? Three-quarters of judges responding to our survey say they have never tried the technology. That doesn’t mean they don’t have strong opinions...

Judge Trina L. Thompson Bench
Judge Trina L. Thompson Bench

In 2022, when Judge Trina Thompson was waiting for the Senate to vote on her lifetime appointment as a federal district court judge, she was asked what had given her the idea to pursue the position. Because ...

A pioneering judge inspired her to take the first stepson her own unlikely journey

In 2022, when Judge Trina Thompson was waiting for the Senate to vote on her lifetime appointment as a federal district court judge, she was asked what had given her the idea to pursue the position. Because ...

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