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Inside The Judiciary

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  • Chief Justice Roberts Issues Year-End Report on Federal Judiciary

    December 31, 2011

    Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has issued his 2011 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, the seventh since he was appointed as the nation’s top-ranking jurist in September 2005.

  • Pilot Project Hopes to Tame Complex Civil Cases

    December 29, 2011

    A federal trial court in New York City has begun an initiative that judges, lawyers, and litigants hope will reduce both the cost of, and the time spent on, complex civil cases.

  • Online Chat Improves Service to Public

    December 28, 2011

    Have a question about bankruptcy? Some U.S. bankruptcy courts are inviting people with questions to join them in online chats.

  • National Security Cases Pose Special Challenges

    December 27, 2011

    The extraordinary steps sometimes needed in court cases featuring national security issues are brought into sharp focus by a recently published compilation of case-management challenges that confronted federal judges in 27 such cases.

  • Senior, Recalled, and Retired Federal Judges Honored

    December 23, 2011

    Senior, recalled, and retired federal judges who hail from Oregon were honored at a ceremony in Portland earlier this month.

  • The Bill of Rights Marks Its 220th Anniversary

    December 09, 2011

    When the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1787, our nation’s Founders knew that the document failed to articulate the limits of the governmental powers it created. Another document, known as the Bill of Rights, was deemed necessary.

  • Los Angeles Courthouse Features Lincoln Exhibit

    December 06, 2011

    The Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles is hosting a traveling exhibit titled "Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America."

  • Changes to Federal Court Rules Take Effect

    December 02, 2011

    Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence took effect December 1, 2011. Congress took no action after the changes were approved by Supreme Court more than seven months earlier.