The University of Minnesota Law School and the Minnesota Supreme Court Office of Continuing Education for State Court Personnel have developed a judicial trial skills program using videotaped simulated trials designed to present participating judges with numerous evidentiary and trial relationship issues. (MSE)

In law school, focusing on legal storytelling might relieve student boredom and alienation, teach lawyers to tell better stories on clients' behalf, draft fairer imagined worlds in legislation, and shape thoughtful master narratives from the bench, and promote livelier legal scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration. (MSE)

A national survey of 214 active and retired judges teaching in law schools revealed information about court jurisdiction, teaching experience, reasons for teaching, problems, and benefits that teaching and judging have for each other. Recommendations are offered to the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools. (MSE)

A computer-based method of obtaining statistical data on federal court cases is explained and illustrated with an inquiry about the length of judge-tried versus jury-tried cases. Results of the search, interpretation, and the text of the computerized search/inquiry form are included. Results show how the Internet is simplifying empirical research…