Academic

The Empirical Judiciary: Levi on Ponser on Judges
Following up my post on the interview of Richard Posner by the Duke Law School class co-taught by David Levi and Mitu Gulati, I thought I'd talk a little about Dean Levi's review of How Judges Think, which has also...

Posner Conversation on How Judges Think
Something that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves in the blogosphere is the conversation that Richard Posner had with a Duke Law School class led by David Levi and Mitu Gulati...

Judge Sotomayor: More Data, and a New Conclusion.
In an earlier post, I compared Judge Sotomayor with other judges, including Judge Wood, who were ranked in a paper by Choi and Gulati. Choi and Gulati focused on...

Evaluating Judges and Judicial Institutions: Reorienting the Perspective
In September 2009, we hosted an unusual workshop at Duke Law School. The workshop focused on the empirical evaluation of judges, judging, and judicial institutions. Most work in this area has been driven by the agendas and constraints of empirical researchers, and empiricists from multiple disciplines?including history, sociology, anthropology, political… Read More »

Louisville Bar Association Releases Judicial Evaluation Poll Four Judges Score Below Average
   You can find this poll at:  Judicial Evaluation Results   The results of the LBA’s annual judicial evaluation of local sitting judges are now available for download. The judicial evaluation, which has been conducted since 1979, is designed to provide constructive criticism to sitting judges in order to allow them to improve their performance and maintain the high [...

Judgeing Women Judges
Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati, Mirya R. Holman, and Eric A. Posner have a new article up on ssrn, "Judging Women." Here's their abstract: Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s assertion that female judges might be ?better? than male judges has generated...

Women and the Law
Women in the Justice System (judges, attorneys)

Pennsylvania Juvenille Detention
Judges Face Class Action

Wells Fargo and Rels Valuation
Face Home Evaluation Class Action