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1. Don’t even start until you can admit this to yourself No human being is unbiased. You have to acknowledge that you are not the exception to this rule. You also must be highly motivated to overcome yo...

Five steps to help mitigate implicit bias on the bench

1. Don’t even start until you can admit this to yourself No human being is unbiased. You have to acknowledge that you are not the exception to this rule. You also must be highly motivated to overcome yo...

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Judge at work

Note: The following excerpts are from You Are Not a Lawyer Anymore: A Primer for Those Who Want to Be a Good Judge (2018). They appear here with the permission of the author. The book’s foreword states tha...

You Are Not a Lawyer Anymore

Note: The following excerpts are from You Are Not a Lawyer Anymore: A Primer for Those Who Want to Be a Good Judge (2018). They appear here with the permission of the author. The book’s foreword states tha...

Judge and woman in courtroom
Judge and woman in courtroom

These days you’ll often hear judges raise concerns about crushing dockets, the isolation of the job, being the target of vicious attack ads during election campaigns, negative media accounts, and disre...

Is judging still an attractive job? It is to one group

These days you’ll often hear judges raise concerns about crushing dockets, the isolation of the job, being the target of vicious attack ads during election campaigns, negative media accounts, and disre...

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