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Veterans Treatment Courts—Why They Matter

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Learn which evidence-based practices make a difference

Read what works

Learn which evidence-based practices make a difference

Veterans Treatment Courts—Why They Matter

Justice Speakers Institute

Tuesday, 04 May 2021 / Published in Law, Problem Solving Courts, Veterans Courts

Part One of Two It’s May, a time to enjoy spring with the flowers blooming, the grass growing and evidence of new life everywhere. But it is also a time

The Perils Of Alcohol Abuse In The Workplace: 5 Tips to Protect the Company and Assist the Employee

Hon. Brian MacKenzie (Ret.)

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 / Published in Alcohol, Alcohol Use Disorder, Drugs, Law

The generally held belief that alcohol consumption is a matter of personal choice, can make it difficult to identify an individual suffering from an alcohol use disorder (AUD). While alcohol

Alcohol Testing: Applying Drug Court Best Practices to Standard Supervision

Justice Speakers Institute

Friday, 29 January 2021 / Published in Drug Testing, Technology

By: Hon. Diane Bull, Ret. Do you remember the first person you really helped? Maybe it was a long journey, but somehow you got him or her over the finish

Are You a Minister of Justice?

David Wallace

Tuesday, 05 January 2021 / Published in Law

Across the globe, countries everywhere have Ministries of Justice or Departments of Justice; Government departments named for an idea—Justice. New Zealand has the Ministry of Justice; as does Japan and

The Passing of a Giant

Justice Speakers Institute

Monday, 09 November 2020 / Published in Law

Judge Peggy Fulton Hora, a giant in the justice system, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2020. Justice Speakers Institute’s President and one of its founders, Judge Hora has been

Does Frye prevent trial courts from reviewing bad science?

Hon. Brian MacKenzie (Ret.)

Tuesday, 28 July 2020 / Published in Law

Forensic impression evidence has become the subject of increased levels of scientific scrutiny. In particular, bite-mark evidence has been seriously questioned due to its weak underpinnings and the exaggerated testimony

“Telejurisprudence” in the Age of Covid-19, Part II

Hon. Peggy Hora (Ret.)

Tuesday, 02 June 2020 / Published in Law

A mere month ago I asserted there would never be a jury trial by teleconference in a blog post for Justice Speakers Institute, LLC. Not only was I proved wrong last

The Daubert Double Standard

Hon. Brian MacKenzie (Ret.)

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 / Published in Law

The Supreme Court’s decision in Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (Daubert) was an attempt to stem the growth of unreliable scientific evidence that flowed the evidentiary standard fashioned in Frye

Building Trust from the Bottom Up

David Rottman

Tuesday, 05 May 2020 / Published in Law

On April 22, Slate reporter Leah Litman ended her story about the starkly contrasting SCOTUS majority and minority opinions in Ramos v. Louisiana with a judgement: “There is no easy

“Telejurisprudence” in the Age of Covid-19

Hon. Peggy Hora (Ret.)

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 / Published in Law, Technology

There is no dearth of information about the impact of the COVID-19 virus and subsequent quarantine and their effects on the courts. In a recent survey from the National Judicial