Litigation
Cal. Litig. VOLUME 38, ISSUE 2, SEPTEMBER 2025
Content
- A CASE FOR RETIRING THE "CALLS FOR SPECULATION" OBJECTION
- Ai In Criminal Cases In 2025: Use of Ai-generated Evidence In Investigations and Trial
- Cla Statement On the Rule of Law
- Editor's Foreword: Rapid Change Alongside Perennial Things
- Fearless Speech: Breaking Free From the First Amendment
- How Does Civility In the Appellate Courts Differ From Civility In the Trial Courts?
- Innovation Meets Tradition At the Ninth Circuit Library
- Interview With Chief United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney
- Paintings, Pipes and Paga
- PAST SECTION CHAIRS & EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
- SECTION OFFICERS & EDITORIAL BOARD
- State-federal Court Reporter Comparison
- Table of Contents
- The American Inns of Court
- The Daedalus Doctrine: Flying the Middle Path of Ai In Legal Practice
- The Impact of Emotions On Judging
- Working: Conversations With Essential Workers Behind the Scenes In the Court System
- Chair's Column
CHAIR’S COLUMN
Written by Adrieannette L. Ciccone
As I begin writing my final column as Chair of the Litigation Section, our country is celebrating Independence Day. As I reflect on our nation’s independence and freedom, I wonder what our founding fathers and mothers would think if they could see what independence and freedom looks like in 2025. Most United States citizens have the right to vote, race-based slavery is over, people have the right to exercise their will to self-determination, and our country continues to be relatively wealthy—but at what cost? Children are being ripped from their parents’ arms for being undocumented, floods and natural disasters continue to happen at alarming rates where death tolls escalate, bombs have been recently dropped on nuclear facilities, and wars persist globally, where innocent people perish at skyrocketing rates.
Amidst all of these destructive tragedies, attorneys continue to play a critical role in shaping our society. In the words of the late great civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston, attorneys are either parasites or social engineers. I have been blessed to lead a section that I am confident has chosen the path to social engineering, ensuring that our world will be a better place.
This year, the goals of CLA were to Connect, Lead, and Achieve. As my initials are ALC, the opposite of CLA, I felt even more compelled to make this goal a reality for the Litigation Section. At the outset, my goals were to increase A-Access to justice, L– Legal education, and C-Community involvement. As my term comes to an end, I will highlight some of our fantastic programming that has positively shaped the legal landscape.