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Latest episodes
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Episode 72: Building Judiciary Trust Through Open Court Data
October 19, 2026 · 24 minThe seven-year-old Open Government Data Act has supported accessible, and useable, data from federal agencies, but it did not extend to the judiciary. This week's Proof Over Precedent episode discusses the massive amounts of data in…
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Episode 71: When and How to Study Attorney Influence in Asylum Cases
October 13, 2026 · 53 minIt helps to have a lawyer in court, no question. But in immigration court, where the vast majority of individuals are self-representing and not enough immigration lawyers exist to represent them all anyway, is there a point in asylum…
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Episode 70: Exploring a Lawyer's Impact on Immigration Proceedings
October 6, 2026 · 37 minNo counsel, worse outcomes in immigration proceedings? This week on Proof Over Precedent, Access to Justice Lab Faculty Director and occasional podcast host Jim Greiner interviewed two Vera Institute of Justice researchers, Jacquelyn…
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Episode 69: Study Interrupted—In-Person v. Remote Hearing Modalities
September 28, 2026 · 42 minWe like to use Proof Over Precedent as a platform to highlight our evidence-based findings, as well as others' studies, from randomized control trials in the field of law. This is not one of those times. In this week's episode, Professor…
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Episode 68: Evaluating Procedural Fairness in Court and on Zoom
September 21, 2026 · 50 minSelf-represented litigants primarily measure procedural justice by whether they had a voice, were listened to, and were treated fairly in court. Do these basic marks of overall satisfaction differ between the mode in which the hearing took…
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Are Death-Qualified Juries Qualified?
September 14, 2026 · 18 minJury selection should aim for a balanced and thoughtful panel; in capital cases, that balance is further underscored. This week's "Student Voices" post argues that "death-qualifying juries"--the practice of excluding jurors who oppose the…
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Episode 67: Capital Jury Selection's Hidden Biases
September 14, 2026 · 18 minServing as a juror fulfills one's civic duty to ensure a system of checks and balances in the U.S. In capital cases, however, "death qualification" ensures that prospective jurors opposed to the death penalty will not have the opportunity…
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Episode 66: Heirs' Property's Fragile Hold on Land Ownership and Justice
August 17, 2026 · 30 minJust because an individual may own property, does not guarantee that the person may keep that property—that’s the warning stemming from this week's podcast episode featuring an interview with Dr. Kara Woods, research analyst at Alcorn…
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Episode 65: Access vs. Efficiency—Supreme Court Weighs Frivolous Filings
August 10, 2026 · 21 min"Martinizing", the controversial Supreme Court practice of denying court fee waivers for indigent litigants, is meant to reduce frivolous filings, but at what cost? This episode looks at the January 2026 Howell order in which Justice…
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Episode 64: Can AI Resolve Brazil's Judicial Backlog?
August 6, 2026 · 22 minMore than 100 million pending cases await Brazil courts, so it may not be surprising that the country's Supreme Court Justice has a reportedly rosy view of AI in the court system, especially in time-sensitive civil and criminal matters…
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Episode 63: Texas Two-Step Bankruptcy--Corporate Restructuring or Legal Loophole?
August 4, 2026 · 28 minThe Texas Two-Step is a fairly simple dance, but in the world of corporate bankruptcy, it's the name of a sophisticated maneuver that some profitable companies employ to stop mass tort liabilities and limit the settlements due to victims…
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Episode 62: Navigating Immigration Law Post-Trump v. CASA
July 27, 2026 · 31 minTrump v. CASA did not directly address immigration and birthright citizenship when it ruled against universal injunctions, and yet...The aftermath of the ruling left the immigration law landscape in a tailspin. This week's Proof Over…
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The Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School discusses the work of bringing credible evidence to lawyers, judges, and decision makers, to transform the U.S. justice system into an evidence-based field. We bring you weekly one-on-one interviews with experts in the area of access to justice -- researchers, lawyers, professors, law students, data analysts, research participants, and anyone who has an interesting role in this growing area.