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As most appellate judges will tell you, case conferencing is critical to the development of an opinion on an appellate matter. A judge may enter the conference with one view as to the case’s proper outco...

The Small-Group Effect on Appellate Opinion

As most appellate judges will tell you, case conferencing is critical to the development of an opinion on an appellate matter. A judge may enter the conference with one view as to the case’s proper outco...

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Prof. Douglas Lind Ever since Justice Holmes asserted that “[t]he life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience,” lawyers and judges in the United States have minimized the importance of ...

The Significance of Logic for Law

Prof. Douglas Lind Ever since Justice Holmes asserted that “[t]he life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience,” lawyers and judges in the United States have minimized the importance of ...

Supremem Court reception
Supremem Court reception

TOP: Justice Scalia with the NJC’s Board of Trustees (L-R) Hon. Toni Clarke, Kim Dean Hogrefe, Esq., Matt Sweeney, Esq., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Mark Tratos, Esq., Peter Neeson, Esq....

The NJC Holds Reception with Remarks Made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

TOP: Justice Scalia with the NJC’s Board of Trustees (L-R) Hon. Toni Clarke, Kim Dean Hogrefe, Esq., Matt Sweeney, Esq., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Mark Tratos, Esq., Peter Neeson, Esq....

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