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Kenneth Cloke is a mediator and coach in the field of conflict resolution, a profession that he and Joan Goldsmith created and are in the process of developing. In his book “Politics, Dialogue and the Evolution of Democracy,” Cloke — ...

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  This writer’s 21st-century “branding” is as a “senior judge” when I am recalled to sit as a trial court judge or as a mediator for the Court of Special Appeals or for a trial court. When I am not ...

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As the new year approaches, I welcome the opportunity in this space provided by The Daily Record to reflect on the last almost 12 years since I “retired” as a full-time judge and entered a very different world of Private ...

Increasing access to justice will proceed more smoothly if we contemporaneously address and temper the enhanced expectations honestly and forthrightly

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This political and legal culture should compel both the judiciary and the responsible media to reinvigorate our defenses of each other, even when we disagree.

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We are in the midst of an increased willingness of lawyers and litigants to use the judicial discipline commission to air their legitimate and illegitimate grievances.

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The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of the state to create a rigorous but fair program of judicial performance evaluations is unmistakable.

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As the new year approaches, I welcome the opportunity in this space provided by The Daily Record, to reflect on the last almost 11 years since I “retired” as a full-time judge and entered a very different world of Private ...

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon meet at the local bar to talk about what they have in common. “We need a political revolution,” Bernie says, as he did so often during his 2016 campaign and thereafter. “We are in a ...

Due to the nature of the cannabis industry and its multiple levels and conflicting state and federal regulatory schemes, many individuals and businesses are choosing to use ADR instead of litigating when troubles or disputes arise.