Does a Judge's Race Make a Difference?

The ABA Journal reports on some research presented at the mid-year meeting: Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find, Feb. 6, 2010.

But the cited studies are just a start. One of the commenters posted a critique of their methodology. To see the critique, you can skim the comments or go to the Law Librarian blog post quoting it.