I was delighted to see the Judicial Conference of the United States is acting to promote random case assignment in certain declaratory judgment and injunction cases. You can read the press release ...

A psychology instructor modifies a case study assignment for an Abnormal Psychology undergraduate course to enhance use of data and identification of multiple sides of an issue. Abnormal Psychology ...

“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and ...

For years, criminal defense lawyers in private practice in San Diego were able to attend professional training sessions sponsored by their colleagues at the county Public Defender’s Office, ...

Federal judiciary leaders on Friday released the text of a revised policy directing district courts to assign judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, making clear ...

Exactly how a defendant's case gets randomly assigned to one of the 13 judges at Criminal District Court doesn't seem like a topic to stir up much controversy. Times-Picayune archiveOrleans Parish ...

A "pay to play" scheme in Houston, Texas, is enriching private attorneys who donate to trial court judges responsible for doling out case assignments in Harris County's indigent defense system, often ...