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The Law and Culture Series:
The Art of Judging - keynotes
(30 to 90 minutes) and seminars (one to two days)
Whether a keynote for civic groups or bar associations, or a seminar for judges, The Art of Judging offers an affectionate, critical, and
provocative examination of the judge's art.
- How can a busy trial judge help every citizen -- lawyer, litigant, victim, witness, defendant -- feel that he or she has been treated with courtesy and respect?
- How can judges better understand their own strengths and weaknesses, their own communication styles, and their own biases?
- How can judges present their decisions, oral and written, so they clearly and compassionately convey the law for lawyers and non-lawyers alike?
- How can judges better understand the non-legal subjects often surrounding the legal issues they must resolve?
- How can judges identify cases appropriate for compromise or mediation?
- How can judges most thoughtfully decide cases where the precedents seem uncertain or conflicting?
- How can judges most artfully blend legal clarity and decisiveness with the human touches needed to reach out to all?
Based on ten years on the trial bench and twelve years on the appellate bench, Judge Schudson seeks answers to these questions and more.
Great motivational speaker! Reminded me how proud I am to be a judge!
Indiana Judge
America's Criminal Justice System / An Insider's Critique -
keynotes (30 to 90 minutes) and seminars (one to two days)
Based on seven years as a state and federal prosecutor, ten years as a juvenile and criminal court judge, and twelve years as an appellate judge, Judge Schudson provides
provocative analyses of America's criminal justice system -- the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I can't think of the proper adjectives to use in describing your presentation at the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Education Association conference. It was without a doubt the finest presentation on the current status of the court system that I have ever heard. In fact it was one of the finest speeches I have ever heard,
period.
Samuel D. Stellman, Professor Emeritus
School of Social Welfare
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
America's Civil Justice System / An Insider's Critique
keynotes (30 to 90 minutes) and seminars (one to two days)
Based on twenty-two years as a trial and appellate judge, and subsequent years as Senior Counsel at a leading law firm and General Counsel for a large
non-profit organization, Judge Schudson provides provocative analyses of America's civil justice system -- the good, the bad, and the ugly.
America's Judiciary / An Insider's Critique
keynotes
(30 to 90 minutes) and seminars (one to two days)
Based on twenty-two years as a trial and appellate judge, Judge Schudson provides provocative analyses of America's judiciary --
the good, the bad, and the ugly.
... the quality of the Indiana Judicial Conference was in no small part due to Judge Schudson's extraordinary contribution ... the insights and challenges he brought to our group broadened our horizons and heightened our professional commitment in ways that none of our own number could.
Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr.
Indiana Supreme Court
America's Model / Post-Dictatorship Legal Reform in Chile, Russia, and Spain
keynotes
(30 to 90 minutes) and seminars (one to two days)
Based on study and teaching in Chile, Russia, and Spain from 1996 to 2007, Judge Schudson provides provocative analyses of the process and substance of legal reform in post-dictatorship societies. Most particularly, he explores:
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Russia, organized crime and its deadly worldwide consequences, and the courageous Russian efforts to introduce the rule of law
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Chile and Spain and their innovative efforts to synthesize American and other legal traditions with their own.
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