On this episode, host Paul W. Grimm, a retired federal judge and director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, and Professor Dan Capra, the Reed Professor of Law at Fordham University and a reporter for the Advisory Committee of the Federal Rules of Evidence, continue their conversation about amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence.

This episode focuses on amendments to Rules 613, 801, 804, 1006, and a new Rule, 107, which are slated to take effect on December 1, 2024. Their discussion offers context for why new rules and amendments are necessary to ensure uniform application across the federal courts.

For more information about these and other pending rules and amendments, visit this page on the U.S. Courts website.

ABOUT THE HOST

Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.) is the David F. Levi Professor of the Practice of Law and Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School. From December 2012 until his retirement in December 2022, he served as a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, with chambers in Greenbelt, Maryland. Click here to read his full bio.