Theses submitted by students enrolled in the MJS program are collected and made accessible through this series. Work is in progress to collect and make available a complete historical collection of these materials. Visit the MJS web page at the Bolch Judicial Institute.
Theses from 2018
Judicial Externships: Sharing Current Practices, Dinah Lennon Archambeault
A Comparison of the American Model and French (-Inspired) Appellate Model, Frederic Blockx
Choosing Leadership Judges by State Supreme Court Appointment: Analysis of a Court Reform, Robert M. Brutinel
“Re-evaluating Competence to Stand Trial”, David Collins
Innovative Justice: Federal Reentry Drug Courts – How Should We Measure Success?, Timothy D. DeGiusti
When the Rule of Law Breaks Down: Implications of the 1866 Memphis Massacre for the Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, Bernice Bouie Donald
Savings—the Missing Element in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases?, David R. Jones
Certification of Legal Questions to the Utah Supreme Court, David Nuffer
Black Robes, White Judges: The Lack of Diversity on the Magistrate Judge Bench, Jennifer Thurston
The Influence of Re-Selection on Independent Decision Making in State Supreme Courts, Ann A. Scott Timmer
Mass Incarceration: The Obstruction of Judges, Tracie A. Todd
Theses from 2016
Are We Insane? The Quest for Proportionality in the Discovery Rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Paul W. Grimm
Enhancing Judicial Institutions: Enhancing Economic Development, Stephane Alia Haisley
Would United States Judges Benefit From More Graduate Training?, Nancy Joseph
Designated Hitters, Pinch Hitters, and Bat Boys: Judges Dealing with Judgment and Inexperience, Career Clerks or Term Clerks, Donald W. Molloy
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye: Why Article III Judges Leave (or Don’t), Johnnie Blakeney Rawlinson
What Judges Say and Do in Deciding National Security Cases: The Example of the State Secrets Privilege, Anthony John Trenga
Theses from 2014
Ghana’s Jury System on Trial, Dennis D. Adjei
Dissent Aversion at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Marsha C. Erb
Leadership and Management Training in the North Carolina Judicial System: An Examination of Identified Need, James E. Hardin Jr.
Do Non-Partisan, Publically Financed Judicial Elections Enhance Relative Judicial Independence?, Robert N. Hunter Jr.
How Important Are the Unwritten Customs and Norms of an Appellate Court?, Renee Cohn Jubelirer
United States Magistrate Judges: Present but Unaccounted for, Philip M. Pro