Reflections in the Courtroom: State v. Faulkner
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Reflections in the Courtroom: State v. Faulkner
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What happens when an American trial lawyer carries the principles of justice halfway around the world? Litigation attorney Dan Small recounts his pro bono journey to Uzbekistan, where he worked with lawyers and judges seeking to reform a judicial system still shaped by former Soviet Union-era standards giving judges most of the power. Using the fictional murder case State v. Faulkner as a teaching tool, he helped introduce the fundamentals of the adversarial process – cross-examination, competing narratives and rigorous truth-testing – to a legal culture with little experience in two-sided trials. The result is a compelling look at how one mock case became part of a much larger effort to open minds, challenge assumptions and support the slow yet rewarding work of judicial reform.