SEMPER ANTICUS.

• Date: 01 January 2022
• Published date: 01 January 2022

Nearly two years and over five million dead. (1)

When I wrote my first foreword for The Journal, I contemplated a "new normal" both for The Journal in its new home at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and for the practice of law with the rapid change brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. While I contemplated broad, systematic changes in the practice of law, I did not imagine how much COVID-19 would be impacting our daily lives now almost two years into the pandemic.

In some sense we have settled into our "new normal." The Journal has flourished as a free, online resource. I appreciate the kind notes I have received from readers about our articles, and I am consistently impressed with the pieces we receive for publication. Likewise, attorneys and courts have settled into new routines--from temperature checks to remote advocacy.

Sure, there are still bumps along the way. A few weeks ago, my students did their final oral arguments at our local state appellate court. Even before I left my house to head downtown, I received emails about COVID exposures and court protocol. It seemed that our carefully planned schedule was quickly falling apart. In the end, we had to move a few arguments online, but it all worked out. I suspect that...