Opinion

Where have all the jury trials gone?

Without being willing to lose at trial, you can never really win

Craig Peters

From Issue: 2015 February

Third in a series

Challenged with managing huge caseloads, how much are judges to blame for the disappearance of jury trials?

J. Gary Gwilliam

From Issue: 2010 March

The coming year, starting in February

Donna Bader

From Issue: 2008 February

Tesla achieves best safety ratings ever with engineering, not gimmicks

The gold standard for products liability law is technological feasibility, and Tesla gives us proof of what manufacturers are capable of in auto safety

Larry Booth

From Issue: 2016 January

Read before burning!

Plaintiff’s new editor recalls the battle of the magazine pile

Maryanne B. Cooper

From Issue: 2010 November

Mentor a student

Pay them some attention today and the plaintiff’s bar will benefit tomorrow

Althea T. Kippes

From Issue: 2010 June

Where have all the idealists gone? Long time passing

An essay on the future of mediation – and a look at its past

Jeffrey Krivis

From Issue: 2016 March

The Stoic

Opening yourself to outcome

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2016 December

The awakening of a sleepy Congressional subcommittee

Investigating the termination of the U.S. Attorneys created a hotbed of controversy

Linda T. Sánchez

From Issue: 2007 November

Seatbelts in School Buses

Shoulder-lap belts are required in newer California school buses. Shouldn’t all children be protected?

Larry Booth

From Issue: 2015 May

More musings on the extinction of a species: Trial lawyers

We try far fewer jury trials today than ten years ago. Is the growing number of women in trial practice a factor in this conundrum? Are women in the law a factor?

J. Gary Gwilliam

From Issue: 2010 February

Making some music with lawyers: Where have all the mediators gone?

The original idealism in mediation has largely been lost as economics drives the idealists away

Jeffrey Krivis

From Issue: 2016 April