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Opioid Crisis: Introduction

Irene M. Keeley

December 3, 2020

Judge Irene M. Keeley (N.D. W. Va.) introduces this series, designed to provide judges with a basic understanding of opioid use and its effect on the federal courts, and outlines the objective: to equip judges with a series of takeaways they can readily apply in their respective courts.

Term Talk: Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express v. Zarda and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

October 7, 2020

Sex Discrimination under Title VII. Watch discussion about how the expanded definition of sex to include sexual orientation and identity will impact future litigation.

Overview of the U.S. Judicial System

June 15, 2020

Law Clerk Handbook: A Handbook for Law Clerks to Federal Judges, Fourth Edition

April 9, 2020

** Please note that the number of copies is limited and we're unable to fulfill bulk requests of more than 25 copies for training purposes.

Approaches to Federal Judicial History

Gautham Rao, Winston A. Bowman, Clara J. Altman

January 23, 2020

This volume presents recent scholarship on the history of the federal court system. The main themes include the practices and importance of the lower federal courts, the relationship between district and circuit courts and the Supreme Court, and the broader role of the federal court system in Am

The Evolution of U.S. Bankruptcy Law: a time line

September 25, 2019

This bankruptcy time line maps the evolution of bankruptcy law from its inception in 1787 in the U.S. Constitution through 2019.

Supreme Court: The Term in Review (2017–2018)

John S. Cooke, James A. Chance, Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson, Suzanna Sherry, Anne Fleming

July 9, 2018

Some of the nation’s top legal scholars discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2017–2018 term and analyze the decisions that are most likely to affect the work of federal judges.

Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History, Volume III: 1939–2005

Jake Kobrick, Daniel S. Holt

January 5, 2018

The concluding volume of the series covers debates concerning structural changes to the federal courts, including the creation of the U.S. magistrate and U.S.

Remote Participation in Bankruptcy Court Proceedings

Elizabeth C. Wiggins

November 15, 2017

This guide on the use of distance participation (DP) technology to conduct bankruptcy hearings and trials provides an overview of general considerations, ranging from philosophical to practical, and then examines separately the use of the teleconferencing and videoconferencing.

Supreme Court: The Term in Review (2016-2017)

July 19, 2017

Some of the nation's top legal scholars discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's 2016–2017 term and analyze the decisions that are most likely to affect the work of federal judges.

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