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News and Announcements

Case Closure Rates Get Longer as E-Discovery Increases

March 21, 2024

Across the country, federal defender offices are struggling with increasingly complex litigation marked by escalating electronic discovery demands. Staffing shortages and the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic have added to their challenges.

Judiciary Releases Annual Report and Judicial Business Data

March 12, 2024

The Judiciary today released its Annual Report providing detailed information about mission critical initiatives that advanced over the course of 2023, including efforts to enhance the court system’s physical and information technology security and modernize its IT systems.

Conference Acts to Promote Random Case Assignment

March 12, 2024

The Judicial Conference of the United States has strengthened the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they file a lawsuit.

Bankruptcy Filings Rise 16.8 Percent

January 26, 2024

Total bankruptcy filings rose 16.8 percent, with significant increases in both business and non-business bankruptcies, in the twelve-month period ending Dec. 31, 2023. This accelerates a continuing rebound in filings after more than a decade of sharply dropping totals.

Federal Judges Bring Civil Discourse Program to Law Students

December 12, 2023
First-year law students participate in the Judiciary’s Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions at Duke Law School.

Court proceedings put a premium on decorum and civil discourse, but the skills and dispositions that set the stage start long before the attorneys and parties enter the courtroom. That is why federal judges and attorneys collaborated with Duke Law School to bring the Judiciary’s Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions program to law students for the first time.