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Live at America’s Town Hall: The Human Side of Judging

June 27, 2019

How do judges manage the personal challenges that their role often requires them to face, including unconscious bias, chronic stress, exposure to emotionally-charged circumstances, and public pressure and scrutiny? Current and former judges join in candid conversations about how they have managed these challenges and how they have approached their work.

The first panel features moderator Michael Lewis, best-selling author of ‘Moneyball’ and ‘The Big Short’ and host of the podcast ‘Against the Rules’, in conversation with Justice Eva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas and Judge Charles Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

The second panel is moderated by National Constitution Center President Jeff Rosen, who sits down with Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and former U.S. District judge for the Northern District of California Jeremy Fogel, former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court Carlos Moreno, and former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Deanell Reece Tacha.

This program was presented in partnership with the Berkeley Judicial Institute.

This episode was originally published on our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall.

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  • Panel one:
    • Moderator: best-selling author and podcast host Michael Lewis
    • Judge Charles R. Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    • Justice Eva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas
  • Panel two:
    • Moderator: president and CEO of the National Constitution Center ​​​​​​Jeffrey Rosen 
    • Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and former U.S. District judge for the Northern District of California Jeremy Fogel
    • Former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court Carlos Moreno
    • Former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Dean of Pepperdine Law School Deanell Reece Tacha

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This episode was edited by Greg Scheckler with help from Jackie McDermott and produced by Jackie McDermott. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Michael Boyd.

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