New Symposium: The Field of State Civil Courts

New Symposium: The Field of State Civil Courts , 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. (2022), Overview Below:

This symposium Issue of the Columbia Law Review marks a moment of convergence and opportunity for an emerging field of legal scholarship focused on America’s state civil trial courts. Historically, legal scholarship has treated state civil courts as, at best, a mere footnote in conversations about civil law and procedure, federalism, and judicial behavior. But the status quo is shifting. As this Issue demonstrates, legal scholars are exam­ining our most common civil courts as sites for understanding law, legal institutions, and how people experience civil justice. This engagement is essential for inquiries into how courts shape and respond to social needs and structural inequality and what all of this means for the present and future of American democracy.

Articles:

Sara Sternberge Greene & Kristen M. Renberg, Judging Without a J.D., 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1287 (2022).

Tonya L. Brito, Kathryn A. Sabbeth, Jessica K. Steinberg, and Lauran Sudeall, Racial Capitalism in the Civil Courts, 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1243 (2022).

Diego A. Zambrano, Missing Discovery in Lawyerless Courts, 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1423 (2022).

Jamila Michener, Civil Justice, Local Organizations and Democracy, 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1389 (2022).

Pamela K. bookman and Collen F. Shanahan, A Tale of Two Civil Procedures, 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1183 (2022).

Collen F. Shanahan, Jessica K. Steinberg, Alyx Mark, & Anna E. Carpenter, The Institutional Mismatch of State Civil Courts, 122(5) Colum. L. Rev. 1471 (2022).