Select Publications and Articles
"Burke, Stawicki: Chauvin case proved the value and efficacy of cameras in the courtroom. Let them in" coauthored with Elizabeth Stawicki, St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 21, 2021
"Procedural Fairness In A Pandemic: It Is Still Critical To Public Trust," co-authored with Judge Steve Leben, Drake Law Review Volume 68, Fourth Quarter 2020, Number 4
"Understanding the Supreme Court's decision in Texas' election suit," MinnPost, December 26, 2020
"Cameras in the Courtroom: An Outmoded Issue", Minnesota State Bar Association, June 29, 2020
"How will we respond to the pandemic?" MinnPost, April 29, 2020
"Civil liberties and racial disparities: It's time to rethink police's use of vehicle stops," MinnPost, December 24, 2019
"Natural hurricanes bring humane responses. But how do we deal with the manmade hurricane of racial bigotry?" MinnPost, September 22, 2017
"The Kerner Commission: 50 years later, what has - and has not - changed?" MinnPost, March 20, 2018
"Could Atticus Finch get elected?" MinnPost, October 11, 2016
"Who Are You Going to Believe?" Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, Volume 49, 2013
“Minding the Court: Enhancing the Decision-Making Process,” International Journal for Court Administration, February 2013
“McGovern and His Daughter Terry: What We can Learn,” MinnPost, October 22, 2012
“Minding the Court: Enhancing the Decision Making Process, American Judges Association White Paper,” October 2012
“Leadership Without Fear,” Future Trends in State Courts, 2012, p. 14, National Center for State Courts
“A Vision for Enhancing Public Confidence in the Judiciary – Commit to Fairness in Court,” Vol. 95, No. 6, Judicature, May/June 2012.
“Judicial Independence; The New Threat From Within,” Vol. 95, No. 5, Judicature, March/April 2012, co-authored with Steve Leben.
“Attorney Specialization,” Vol. LXIX, No. III, March 2012, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, co-authored with Sudha Rajan.
“Creating a New Generation of Courts,” Vol. 47, Issue 4, Court Review, 2011, co-authored with Brian Ostrom and Roger Hanson
“It is All About the People Who Work in the Courthouse," Future Trends in State Courts, 2011, National Center for State Courts
“Just What Made Drug Courts Successful,” Vol. 94, No. 3, Judicature, November-December 2010.
“Just What Made Drug Courts Successful?” Vol. 36, No. 1, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, Winter 2010.
"The Evolution of the Trial Judge From Counting Case Dispositions to a Commitment to Fairness," Vol. 18, No. 2, Widener Law Journal, 2009.
"Understanding the International Rule of Law as a Commitment to Procedural Fairness," Vol. 18, Issue 2, Minnesota Journal of International Law, Summer 2009.
"State v. Dettman: The End of the Sentencing Revolution or Just the Beginning?" Vol. 33, No. 4, William Mitchell Law Review, 2007. Mitchell Law Review, 2007.
"Judging the Courts," Vol. 48, No. 3, State News, March 2005.
"A Judiciary That Is as Good as Its Promise: The Best Strategy for Preserving Judicial Independence," Vol. 41, Issue 2, Court Review, Summer 2004
"The Tyranny of the "Or" is the Threat to Judicial Independence, Not Problem-Solving Courts," Vol. 41, Issue 2, Court Review, Summer 2004
"A Court and a Judiciary That Is as Good as Its Promise," Vol. 73, No. 1, The Hennepin Lawyer, January/February 2004
"A Court and a Judiciary That Is as Good as Its Promise," Vol. 40, Issue 2, Court Review, Summer 2003
"Transforming the District Court," Vol. 72, No. 1, ¬The Hennepin Lawyer, January 2003
"The Hennepin County Drug Court: A Progress Report," Vol. 69, No. 5, The Hennepin Lawyer, May 2000.
"Drugs and the Legal System," Vol. 72, No. 1, Spectrum, The Journal of State Government, Winter 1999.
"That was Then; This is Now," Vol. 62, No. 5, The Hennepin Lawyer, May/June 1993.
"Doing the System Justice: Toward the Creation of a More Healthy Judiciary," Vol. 7, No. 1, Law & Politics, April 19, 1992.
"New Chief Judge Eyes Courtroom Changes," Vol. 62, No. 2, The Hennepin Lawyer, Nov/Dec 1992.
"Misconduct on the Bench, or ... What to do With Judges Who are Cantankerous," Vol. 49, No. 4, The Hennepin Lawyer, Mar/Apr 1992.
"Chief Justice A.M. 'Sandy' Keith," The Hennepin Lawyer, Mar/Apr 1991.
"State on New Course for Sentencing: 'Just Desserts,'" Vol. 6, No. 6, Minnesota Trial Lawyer, Sept/Oct 1981.
Public Defender Trial Lawyers Manual, published October 1979 by Minnesota Public Defenders Association and Hennepin County Public Defenders Office through L.E.A.A. grant.
"DWI – A New Law – An Old Approach," Vol. 48, No. 2, The Hennepin Lawyer, Nov/Dec 1978.