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1 FOREWORD Justice (Ret.) Gary Hastings In the spring of 2020, courts were blindsided by the COVID-19 pandemic. Court operations were severely curtailed in order to address and implement safe environments for all participants.1 As a result, large …
9 VIDEOCONFERENCING AND LEGAL DOCTRINE Scott Dodson* INTRODUCTION With vaccination rates approaching herd immunity and infection rates dropping sharply, COVID-19 appears to be on the verge of vanquishment.1 Yet not everything will revert to its …
20 EMPATHY AND REMOTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Susan A. Bandes* and Neal Feigenson** ABSTRACT Do remote legal proceedings reduce empathy for litigants? Pre-COVID studies of remote bail hearings and immigration removal hearings concluded that the subjects were …
40 ONLINE JURY SELECTION: NEW TOOLS FOR JURY TRIALS Jeffrey T. Frederick* Fig. 1. Online Jury Selection Study, Maricopa County, Arizona (2021). I. INTRODUCTION: JURY TRIALS DURING THE PANDEMIC In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, courts had three …
63 BEARING WITNESS TO, WELL, WITNESSES: AN EXAMINATION OF REMOTE TESTIMONY VERSUS IN-COURT TESTIMONY Karen Lisko I. INTRODUCTION: ACCELERATED REMOTENESS The COVID-19 pandemic required the world to quickly adapt countless in-person tasks to remote …
Lydia Romero Lydia Romero has been the City Manager for the City of Lemon Grove since January 2016. Prior to her appointment, she was Deputy City Manager for the City of San Marcos; Assistant to the City Manager for the City of San Rafael; and – fun fact …
Marcia Scully General Counsel Marcia Scully is general counsel for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. She is responsible for providing legal representation to Metropolitan on construction matters, managing outside counsel and …
Mary Weiss Mary Weiss is a Supervising Regional Attorney at the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), in the Office of the General Counsel. PERB is a state agency with exclusive initial jurisdiction to administer the public sector labor …
Megan McClurg Bio Megan McClurg is a Deputy City Attorney with the Chula Vista City Attorney’s Office. She has been practicing law since 2003, and has substantive experience in both civil litigation and advisory matters. Ms. McClurg spent her first six …
Michael Dundas Supervising Assistant City Attorney Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, General Counsel Division Mike Dundas is a Supervising Assistant City Attorney in the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney. Mike is general counsel to the City’s …