Proof Over Precedent
by Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
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The Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School discusses the work of bringing credible evidence to lawyers, judges, and decision makers, to transform the U.S. justice system into an evidence-based field. We bring you weekly one-on-one interviews with experts in the area of access to justice -- researchers, lawyers, professors, law students, data analysts, research participants, and anyone who has an interesting role in this growing area.
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- Episode 74: The Path to an Independent, Accessible, and Accountable Judiciary · 22 minHow to lose public trust in a few easy steps: Take a trusted branch of government, give it the heady authority to maintain independence apart from public oversight, and limit…
- Episode 73: Does Modernizing PACER Mean Overlooking Pro Se Litigants? · 26 minWhen law students have difficulty navigating the federal court records platform PACER, it's time to incorporate universal design. That's the suggested solution in this week's…
- Episode 72: Building Judiciary Trust Through Open Court Data · 24 minThe seven-year-old Open Government Data Act has supported accessible, and useable, data from federal agencies, but it did not extend to the judiciary. This week's Proof Over…
- Episode 71: When and How to Study Attorney Influence in Asylum Cases · 53 minIt helps to have a lawyer in court, no question. But in immigration court, where the vast majority of individuals are self-representing and not enough immigration lawyers exist…
- Episode 70: Exploring a Lawyer's Impact on Immigration Proceedings · 37 minNo counsel, worse outcomes in immigration proceedings? This week on Proof Over Precedent, Access to Justice Lab Faculty Director and occasional podcast host Jim Greiner…
- Episode 69: Study Interrupted—In-Person v. Remote Hearing Modalities · 42 minWe like to use Proof Over Precedent as a platform to highlight our evidence-based findings, as well as others' studies, from randomized control trials in the field of law. This…
- Episode 68: Evaluating Procedural Fairness in Court and on Zoom · 50 minSelf-represented litigants primarily measure procedural justice by whether they had a voice, were listened to, and were treated fairly in court. Do these basic marks of overall…
- Are Death-Qualified Juries Qualified? · 18 minJury selection should aim for a balanced and thoughtful panel; in capital cases, that balance is further underscored. This week's "Student Voices" post argues that…
- Episode 67: Capital Jury Selection's Hidden Biases · 18 minServing as a juror fulfills one's civic duty to ensure a system of checks and balances in the U.S. In capital cases, however, "death qualification" ensures that prospective…
- Episode 66: Heirs' Property's Fragile Hold on Land Ownership and Justice · 30 minJust because an individual may own property, does not guarantee that the person may keep that property—that’s the warning stemming from this week's podcast episode featuring an…
- Episode 65: Access vs. Efficiency—Supreme Court Weighs Frivolous Filings · 21 min"Martinizing", the controversial Supreme Court practice of denying court fee waivers for indigent litigants, is meant to reduce frivolous filings, but at what cost? This episode…
- Episode 64: Can AI Resolve Brazil's Judicial Backlog? · 22 minMore than 100 million pending cases await Brazil courts, so it may not be surprising that the country's Supreme Court Justice has a reportedly rosy view of AI in the court…
- Episode 63: Texas Two-Step Bankruptcy--Corporate Restructuring or Legal Loophole? · 28 minThe Texas Two-Step is a fairly simple dance, but in the world of corporate bankruptcy, it's the name of a sophisticated maneuver that some profitable companies employ to stop…
- Episode 62: Navigating Immigration Law Post-Trump v. CASA · 31 minTrump v. CASA did not directly address immigration and birthright citizenship when it ruled against universal injunctions, and yet...The aftermath of the ruling left the…
- Episode 61: The Promise and Pitfalls of Active Judging · 21 minPro se litigants have reason to hope for a better civil courtroom experience with active judging. If done right, this reform promises more clarity and mercy for those unfamiliar…
- Episode 60: Beyond Gideon—Rethinking Access to Justice · 56 minIs it time for an inquisitorial legal system? How about a redesigned "lawyer-less" court? This isn't the wild west of the legal world, but rather a lively discussion among three…
- Episode 59: Legal Aid on the Front Line of Immigration · 35 minWhen it comes to immigration, the legal aid sector has pivoted its resources from affirmative relief for immigrants to defense deportation and detention center intakes. In this…
- Episode 58: Labor Innovations Bridge Access-to-Justice Gap for Immigrants · 25 minLabor movements have had to get creative when it comes to labor justice for immigrant workers. That's where worker centers fill the niche not covered by traditional labor unions…
- Episode 57: Libraries and AI—Partners for Accessible Justice? · 24 minIn this "Student Voices" episode, HLS student Grace Gao interviews Ari Scourtas, Product and Research Manager of the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School, about making AI…
- Episode 56: The Conflicting Sides of Police Procedural Protections · 21 minThis bonus episode of Proof Over Precedent looks at the access to justice issues around the Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights (LEOBR) statutes and contract provisions that…
