Introduction Efficient case resolution is necessary to effectuate the accused’s right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment, but it is also necessary to ensure the effective utilization of judicial resources more broadly. Yet, balancing judicial efficiency with quality case processing and ensuring just outcomes remains a challenge. Additionally, there are constant reminders throughout…

Abstract Throughout the history of the legal profession, lawyers have been subjected to high ethical and professional standards. Following the Watergate scandal, the legal profession renewed its focus on ensuring that lawyers behave ethically. Unfortunately, in spite of the promulgation of new ethical rules and requirements that law schools teach classes on legal ethics, public…

One of the ways in which individual liberty is protected under the federal constitutional scheme is the extent to which it contemplates that states may develop new safeguards under their own constitutions that go beyond what the Bill of Rights contains. In November 2018, the citizens of New Hampshire endorsed just such a protection, voting…