 |  _ | Case Management Procedures in the Federal Courts of Appeals, Second Edition
Laural Hooper, Dean Miletich, Angelia Levy,
2011 (Publication) 227 pages
This report details the varying appellate practices and procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals within the generally uniform appellate scheme imposed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Part I of the report highlights key variations from court to court; Part II describes in detail the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Chambers and Case Management
Barbara J. Rothstein, Federal Judicial Center,
2009 (Publication) 21 pages
This paper provides law clerks with a broad overview of some of their responsibilities related to maintaining a well-run chambers. Such responsibilities include helping to ensure chambers security; answering telephones and mail; maintaining the judge’s motion, hearing, and trial calendars; and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Law Clerk Handbook: A Handbook for Law Clerks to Federal Judges, Second Edition
2007 (Publication) 148 pages
This handbook provides an overview of chambers operations and the work of the federal courts. It replaces the Chambers Handbook for Judges' Law Clerks and Secretaries (1994). |
| _ | Chambers and Case Management (superseded in January 2009)
Barbara J. Rothstein,
2005 (Publication) 21 pages
(superseded in January 2009)
This paper has since been updated and incorporated as Chapter 4 of the Law Clerk Handbook, Second Edition (2007). |
| _ | Appellate Case Closing
September 4, 2003 (Video)
4515-V/03 (one DVD) (1 hour 21 minutes) (participant guide)
This program describes the challenges case managers face during the final phase of the appellate case management process, and presents effective practices courts have developed to meet such challenges. Case administrators will learn how other administrators handle motions for rehearing; preparing ...(Read more) |
| _ | Appellate Case Processing
September 12, 2002 (Video)
4362-V/02 (one DVD) (1 hour 24 minutes) (participant guide)
This program addresses issues case managers face during appellate case processing (i.e., after the case is opened but before it is closed). It presents effective practices for dealing with brief processing and procedures, motion practices, calendaring, records movement and processing. The program ...(Read more) |
| _ | Appellate Case Opening
October 5, 2000 (Video)
4045-V/00 (one DVD) (1 hour 24 minutes) (participant guide)
This program examines administrative challenges facing appellate courts when cases are opened and presents effective practices courts have adopted to meet these challenges. Discussion focuses on four areas: case screening (the role of staff, case managers, and staff attorneys in case-captioning; ...(Read more) |
| _ | Case Management Procedures in the Federal Courts of Appeals
Judith A. McKenna, Laural L. Hooper, Mary Clark,
2000 (Publication) 210 pages
This report details the varying appellate practices and procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals within the generally uniform appellate scheme imposed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Part I of the report highlights key variations from court to court; Part II describes in detail the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Chambers Handbook for Judges' Law Clerks and Secretaries
1994 (Publication) 184 pages
The Chambers Handbook is out-of-print and no longer available for distribution.
A handbook that provides an overview of chambers operations and the work of the federal courts. It deals with the following tasks and areas of concern for judges' law clerks and secretaries: conduct, ethics, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Chambers Handbook for Judges' Law Clerks and Secretaries
1994 (Publication) 177 pages
[superseded]
A handbook that provides an overview of chambers operations and the work of the federal courts. It deals with the following tasks and areas of concern for judges' law clerks and secretaries: conduct, ethics, and protocol; basic analysis of litigation; court governance and ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Pre-Argument Conference Program in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
James B. Eaglin,
1990 (Publication) 86 pages
A study conducted at the court's request to determine if its program met its goals of saving judges' time, lessening case-management burdens, and simplifying issues on appeal. Using a control group method, the study determined that the program was a success--it met its goals and received strong ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Role of Staff Attorneys and Face-to-Face Conferencing in Non-Argument Decisionmaking: A View from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Donna Stienstra, Joe S. Cecil,
1989 (Publication) 67 pages
Using materials obtained through interviews with the court of appeals' judges and staff attorneys, as well as visiting judges, the authors discuss the procedure used by the court for selecting and deciding cases suitable for disposition without argument. They concluded that staff attorneys' ...(Read more) |
| _ | Managing Appeals in Federal Courts
Robert A. Katzmann, Michael Tonry,
1988 (Publication) 825 pages
An anthology of Center reports on handling appeals. The editors selected writings from the twenty-five published and unpublished reports on the topic the Center has supported in the last fifteen years. Eighteen of these reports are reprinted in whole or in part. The editors' introductions to each ...(Read more) |
| _ | Deciding Cases Without Argument: An Examination of Four Courts of Appeals
Joe S. Cecil, Donna Stienstra,
1987 (Publication) 220 pages
A report on the role of staff attorneys and special judicial panels in the selection of cases for nonargument disposition in the federal appellate courts. The report was based on an examination of administrative records and on interviews with clerks, senior staff attorneys, and judges. It discusses ...(Read more) |
| _ | Deciding Cases Without Argument: A Description of Procedures in the Courts of Appeals
Joe S. Cecil, Donna Stienstra,
1985 (Publication) 41 pages
A report on procedures and standards used by the courts of appeals in the 1980s for deciding cases without oral argument. The authors discuss the responses of clerks of court to a survey on court practices and present statistical information along with a review of relevant local rules. The report ...(Read more) |
| _ | Appeals Without Briefs: Evaluation of an Appeals Expediting Program in the Ninth Circuit
John E. Shapard,
1984 (Publication) 29 pages
An investigation of problems encountered by the Ninth Circuit in its Appeals Without Briefs (AWB) Program, which was designed to expedite the disposition of civil appeals presenting comparatively straightforward issues. The author recommends solutions to the problems described by judges and counsel ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan
Anthony Partridge, Allan Lind,
1983 (Publication) 115 pages
The report of the Center's second evaluation of the Second Circuit court of appeals' Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP), which in contrast to the first evaluation (see An Evaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan), reveals that CAMP was producing the benefits expected of it. In addition to ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Seventh Circuit Preappeal Program: An Evaluation
Jerry Goldman,
1982 (Publication) 76 pages
An evaluation of the effects of certain prehearing practices on reducing workloads of Seventh Circuit judges. The study covers scheduling orders and prehearing conferences conducted by a senior staff attorney working alone or in collaboration with a circuit judge. |
| _ | Appeals Expediting Systems: An Evaluation of Second and Eighth Circuit Procedures
Larry C. Farmer,
1981 (Publication) 87 pages
A description and analysis of the efforts of two courts of appeals to manage their case flow from the filing of the notice of appeal through the time the case is prepared for submission to the court. The author examined the procedures implemented in the Second and Eighth Circuits to control and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Eighth Circuit Expediting Project: Final Report
W. Wayne Buckner, Larry C. Farmer,
1981 (Publication) 147 pages
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| _ | An Evaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan: An Experiment in Judicial Administration
Jerry Goldman,
1977 (Publication) 122 pages
An evaluation of the first experimental operation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP) of the Second Circuit. The report evaluated a set of procedures designed to eliminate burdensome appeals, improve the quality of appeals, and expedite the appellate process through the use of mandatory ...(Read more) |
| _ | Appellate Review of Trial Court Discretion
Maurice Rosenberg,
May 13, 1975 (Publication) 28 pages
A discussion of types of cases in which judicial discretion--based on facts and guided by law--is applied in trial courts. Presented at a Seminar for Federal Appellate Judges sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, May 13-16, 1975 |
| _ | Attorney Attitudes Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Written Opinion in Three U.S. Courts of Appeals
Thomas F. Drury, Leonard H. Goodman, William B. Stevenson,
1974 (Publication)
A report prepared for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System |
| _ | Appellate Crisis in the District Courts or the Law Explosion in the Courts of Appeals
Jerry Goldman,
1973 (Publication)
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| _ | Decision-Making Procedures in U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2d and 5th Circuits
J. Woodford Howard Jr.,
1973 (Publication) 20 pages
Summarizes how the judges of two circuits assess certain significant characteristics of their courts: (1) the memorandum system of deliberation in the Second Circuit; and (2) the 15-judge size of the Fifth Circuit. Data were developed from interviews conducted during 1969-70. |
| _ | Expediting Review of Felony Convictions After Trial: Report of the Committee on Criminal Appeals of the Advisory Council on Appellate Justice
Committee on Criminal Appeals of the Advisory Council on Appellate Justice,
1973 (Publication) 18 pages
General propositions and recommended procedures to expedite the processing of criminal appeals. The suggestions for handling these cases are designed to achieve a fair and complete review within ninety days from imposition of sentence. |
| _ | Differentiated Case Management in Appellate Courts
William L. Whittaker,
1972 (Publication) 12 pages
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