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Rebecca D. Gill

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Associate Professor of Political Science

4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. Box 455029

Las Vegas, NV NV 89154

United States

http://www.rebeccagill.net

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1.

Judicial Performance Evaluations as Biased and Invalid Measures: Why the ABA Guidelines are Not Good Enough

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Apr 2012
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 188 (127,689)

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judicial performance evaluation, unconscious bias, judicial selection

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Sacrificing Diversity for 'Quality': How Judicial Performance Evaluations are Failing Women and Minorities

Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper , UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-14
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2010
Rebecca D. Gill, Sylvia R. Lazos and Mallory Waters
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 112 (198,997)

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judicial performance evaluation, race bias, gender bias

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Chivalry, Masculinity, and the Importance of Maleness to Judicial Decision Making

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Jun 2015
Rebecca D. Gill, Michael Kagan and Fatma E. Marouf
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 111 (133,036)

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judicial decision making, immigration appeals, gender, panel effects

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Justice on the Fly: The Danger of Errant Deportations

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 75, No. 2, p. 337, 2014, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 24 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 30 May 2015
Fatma E. Marouf, Michael Kagan and Rebecca D. Gill
Texas A&M University School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 108 (196,508)

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immigration, deportation, stays of removal, Nken v. Holder

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The Changing Role of the High Court of Australia

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2011
Jason L. Pierce, David Weiden and Rebecca D. Gill
University of Dayton, Hofstra University and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 102 (194,162)

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Empirical and Legal Trends at the High Court of Australia

Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2012
Rebecca D. Gill, Jason L. Pierce and David Weiden
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Dayton and Hofstra University
Downloads 75 (258,965)

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High Court of Australia, judicial decision making, agenda setting

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A Framework for Comparative Judicial Selection Research With an Application to Gender Diversity on High Courts

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jan 2012
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 75 (258,965)

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judicial selection

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A Framework for Comparative Judicial Selection Research

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 64 (287,198)

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Comparing Judicial Selection Systems in Common Law Democracies: Creating a Framework for Comparison

Midwest Political Science Association, 2006
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Jan 2012
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 63 (264,579)

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judicial selection

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Gender & Race Bias in the Proposed Judicial Performance Evaluations: Some Preliminary Findings

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-30
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2010
Sylvia R. Lazos and Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 57 (321,331)

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judicial performance evaluations, gender bias, race bias, assessment

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Disagreement on the Australian High Court: Reconsidering the Legalist Model

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 57 (301,055)

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judicial decision making

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The High Court's Agenda: More Interesting than it First Appears

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 May 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 55 (316,047)

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High Court of Australia, agenda, workload

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Dimensions of Decision Making: Determining the Complexity of Politics on the High Court of Australia

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 53 (294,020)
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The Fading Utility of the Australian Legalist Story: Using Social Background Theory to Explain Outcomes on the High Court

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 48 (326,658)

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judicial decision making

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Implicit Gender Bias in State-Sponsored Judicial Performance Evaluations: A Preliminary Analysis of Colorado's JPE System, 2002-2012

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 May 2013
Rebecca D. Gill and Kenneth Retzl
University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 45 (335,120)

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judicial performance evaluation, gender bias, implicit bias

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The Effects of Judge Gender in Appellate Courts: A Comparative Cross-National Test

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Donald R. Songer, Ann Clark and Rebecca D. Gill
University of South Carolina, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 43 (341,051)

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Institutional Considerations in Locating Norms of Consensus: A Cross-National Investigation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Jul 2008
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 42 (356,243)

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Consensus or Ambivalence? Why Court Traditions Matter

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Jul 2011
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 37 (353,095)

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Buying Time? False Assumptions About Abusive Appeals

Catholic University Law Review, Vol. 63, 2014 Forthcoming, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Feb 2014
Michael Kagan, Fatma E. Marouf and Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 36 (369,160)

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immigration, immigration appeals, deportation, stays of removal, case management

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Unconscious Bias in Judicial Performance Evaluations: Why the ABA Guidelines are Not Good Enough

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 34 (369,160)

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judicial performance evaluation, unconscious bias, race bias, gender bias

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Reflections in Response to the Nevada Judicial Evaluation Pilot Project

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Reflections in Response to the Nevada Judicial Evaluation Pilot Project

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-36
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2010
Rebecca D. Gill and Sylvia R. Lazos
University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Downloads 33 (419,524)

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judicial performance evaluation

Reflections in Response to the Nevada Judicial Evaluation Pilot Project

Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill and Sylvia R. Lazos
University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

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judicial performance evaluation

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Using the Label Wisely: A Fresh Take on Political Sophistication and Partisan Cues

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 15 (477,753)

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Winning a De Novo Appeal: Explaining the Success of Criminal Appellants in New South Wales

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2010
Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 11 (504,075)

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Invisible Adjudication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-24, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2017
Michael Kagan, Rebecca D. Gill and Fatma E. Marouf
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 0 (228,803)

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Federal Courts, Legal Philosophy, Empirical Study of Law, Legal Research, Immigration

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Echoes from a Gendered Court: Examining the Justices' Interactions During Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2017
Adam Feldman and Rebecca D. Gill
Columbia University - Law School and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 0 (114,877)

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interruptions, gender, Supreme Court, oral argument, justices, speech, overlap, sociolinguistics, communication

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The Ideal Judge: How Implicit Bias Shapes Assessment of State Judges

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Rebecca D. Gill and Rafael Oganesyan
University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 0 (422,321)

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judicial performance evaluation, state courts, retention elections

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All Press is Good Press: The News Media and the Incumbent Advantage in Judicial Elections

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Kate Eugenis and Rebecca D. Gill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Downloads 0 (413,788)

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judicial elections, media and politics, political communication, electoral politics

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Are Judicial Performance Evaluations Fair to Women and Minorities?: A Cautionary Tale from Clark County, Nevada

Law & Society Review, Vol. 45, pp. 731–759,
Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Rebecca D. Gill, Sylvia R. Lazos and Mallory Waters
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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