News and Announcements

The different ways federal district courts provide settlement assistance to parties is the focus of a new study by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC). Eight district courts are participating in the study to be completed by late 2014.

A police officer on a DUI stop logs into the online Law Enforcement Notification System (LENS) and finds that not only is the driver under federal supervision for a prior drug offense, but the conditions of release stipulate no alcohol use.

The Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan, which sought to bring order to the process of hiring judges’ law clerks, “has been effectively discontinued, and no further dates are being set in connection with the plan,” according to a memo sent to all federal judges.

The federal judiciary has issued a warning about an email scam that has affected a number of state courts.

A group of probation and pretrial services officers is looking at how to supervise offenders and defendants who use our society's pervasive programmable electronic devices to commit or conceal crimes.

In his year-end report, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said that despite a decade of cost-cutting efforts, federal courts need help in overcoming budget damage caused by sequestration.

The District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri hosted a “Cook-off for a Cause” this month, a fund-raising event to benefit the victims of the recent Typhoon Haiyan. The court’s connection to the disaster is personal—one of their law clerks is a first generation Filipino-American who has many close family members in the Philippines.

The duty of probation officers is to protect the community and foster long-term positive changes in the conduct of offenders. A critical component of these practices is the Post-Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA)

Multiple sclerosis has taken away Judge Ronald M. Gould’s use of his arms and his legs. But Gould, who serves on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Seattle, does not let the disease dampen his passion for justice.

December 15 marks the 222nd anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Test your knowledge about the first 10 amendments.