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Antiracist Expert Evidence. Asess Bhasin from the University of Maryland and Jasmine Gonzales Rose from Boston University discuss the ways in which expert evidence can address racism and racial discrimination in our system of evidence and proof.

Children and the Making of Modern Evidence Law. Laura Savarese from Michigan State University discusses the role of children’s testimony and nineteenth-century child protection laws in the development of the law of evidence.

The Evidentiary Use and Misuse of Forensic Musicology in Copyright Litigation. Fred Yen from Boston College discusses the use of musicology experts in copyright litigation and what they should and should not be permitted to testify about.

Defending Due Process. Brandon Garrett from Duke University discusses his new book, Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World.

Internet Technology Companies as Evidence Intermediaries. Yan Fang discusses the modern role of internet technology companies as significant repositories of evidence and how these companies fulfill their legal obligations.

Verdict Format on Trial. Avani Sood from NYU discusses the use of special verdicts in criminal cases, and why perhaps we should favor them instead of the traditional general verdict.

The Three-Verdict Problem. Jack Whiteley from the University of Minnesota discusses the Scottish tripartite system of jury verdicts, featuring verdicts of guilty, not guilty, and not proven.

Dan Medwed from Northeastern University discusses the past, present, and future of Chambers v. Mississippi and the right to present a defense.

Placebo Trials. Hayley Stillwell from the University of Oklahoma proposes the use of "placebo trials," test trials in which the alleged defendant is known to be innocent, to learn about jury dynamics and the empirical consequences of evidentiary rules.

Value Judgments and the Fact-Law Distinction. Stephen Simon from the University of Richmond offers a new perspective on the time-honored law-fact distinction.