 |  _ | Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Sixth Edition
Federal Judicial Center,
2013 (Publication) 300 pages
The Benchbook is an ongoing compilation of information that federal judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference in civil and criminal proceedings. It contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, standard voir dire questions, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Keeping Government Secrets: A Pocket Guide on the State-Secrets Privilege, the Classified Information Procedures Act, and Classified Information Security Officers, Second Edition
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2013 (Publication) 49 pages
Most courts come into contact with classified information infrequently, if at all, but when they do, they are faced with the dilemma of how to protect government secrets in the context of an otherwise public proceeding. This pocket guide is designed to familiarize judges and court staff with ...(Read more) |
| _ | Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition
Barbara J. Rothstein, Ronald J. Hedges, Elizabeth C. Wiggins,
2012 (Publication) 48 pages
This second-edition pocket guide helps federal judges manage the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). It encourages judges to actively manage cases that involve ESI through early intervention and sustained supervision and to use the many tools available to them—case-management ...(Read more) |
| _ | Assistance to Pro Se Litigants in U.S. District Courts: A Report on Surveys of Clerks of Court and Chief Judges
Donna Stienstra, Jared Bataillon, Jason A. Cantone,
2011 (Publication) 76 pages
This report is based on a study conducted by the Federal Judicial Center for the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management. The study sought information from district court clerks of court about programs, services, and materials their courts have developed to assist ...(Read more) |
| _ | National Security Case Management: An Annotated Guide
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2011 (Publication) 65 pages
Cases related to terrorism often pose unusual and challenging case-management issues for the courts. Evidence or arguments may be classified; witnesses or the jury may require special security measures; attorneys’ contacts with their clients may be diminished; other challenges may present ...(Read more) |
| _ | National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges
Robert Timothy Reagan,
November 2011 (Publication) 387 pages
Cases related to terrorism often pose unusual and challenging case-management issues for the courts. Evidence or arguments may be classified; witnesses or the jury may require special security measures; attorneys’ contacts with their clients may be diminished; other challenges may present ...(Read more) |
| _ | Civil Litigation Management Manual, Second Edition
Judicial Conference of the United States,
2010 (Publication) 220 pages
This manual provides trial judges a handbook on managing civil cases. It sets out a wide array of case-management techniques, beginning with early case screening and concluding with steps for streamlining trials and final disposition. It also discusses a number of special topics, including pro se ...(Read more) |
| _ | National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2010 (Publication) 267 pages
Cases related to terrorism often pose unusual and challenging case-management issues for the courts. Evidence or arguments may be classified; witnesses or the jury may require special security measures; attorneys’ contacts with their clients may be diminished; other challenges may present ...(Read more) |
| _ | Sealing Court Records and Proceedings: A Pocket Guide
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2010 (Publication) 26 pages
Court case records and proceedings are presumptively public, but occasionally there are compelling reasons for keeping all or parts of them confidential, sometimes permanently but often only temporarily. This pocket guide summarizes the case law on sealing records and proceedings and presents a ...(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) |
| _ | Patent Case Management Judicial Guide
Peter S. Menell, Lynn Pasahow, James Pooley, Matthew Powers,
2009 (Publication) 650 pages
A comprehensive, user-friendly, and practical judicial guide for managing patent cases. Although similar in many respects to other forms of complex civil litigation, patent cases pose distinctive case management challenges, including complex and dynamic technological facts to a degree rarely ...(Read more) |
| _ | Patent Claim Construction: A Survey of Federal District Court Judges
Rebecca N. Eyre, Joe S. Cecil, Eric Topor,
2008 (Publication) 32 pages
This report presents the results of a survey of federal district court judges regarding their use of patent litigation case management and claim construction procedures. When applicable, the report also compares these judges’ reported practices with the recommendations contained in four recent ...(Read more) |
| _ | Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Fifth Edition
2007 (Publication) 279 pages
[superseded]
An ongoing compilation of information that federal judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference in civil and criminal proceedings. The Benchbook contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, standard voir dire questions, ...(Read more) |
| _ | FJC Research Brief, No. 2
December 2007 (Publication) 2 pages
Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975–2000. |
| _ | Keeping Government Secrets: A Pocket Guide for Judges on the State-Secrets Privilege, the Classified Information Procedures Act, and Court Security Officers
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2007 (Publication) 44 pages
Superseded in March 2013
Most federal judges come into contact with classified information infrequently, if at all, but when they do, they are faced with the dilemma of how to protect government secrets in the context of an otherwise public proceeding. This pocket guide is designed to familiarize ...(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). |
| _ | The Elements of Case Management: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition
William W Schwarzer, Alan Hirsch,
2006 (Publication) 22 pages
A primer for judges on techniques and methods of case management. |
| _ | Awarding Attorneys' Fees and Managing Fee Litigation, Second Edition
Diane Sheehey,
2005 (Publication) 162 pages
This monograph explains the doctrinal and case-management aspects of fee awards. It analyzes the law of attorneys' fee awards under fee-shifting statutes, the common fund doctrine and its offspring, and the substantial benefit doctrine, and addresses an issue of special significance to bankruptcy ...(Read more) |
| _ | 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). |
| _ | Civil Litigation Management Manual
Judicial Conference of the United States,
2001 (Publication) 463 pages
Superseded by a Second Edition in 2010
This manual provides trial judges a handbook on managing civil cases. It sets out a wide array of case-management techniques, beginning with case filing and concluding with steps for streamlining trials and discusses a number of special topics, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Guide to Judicial Management of Cases in ADR
Robert J. Niemic, Donna Stienstra, Randall E. Ravitz,
2001 (Publication) 193 pages
This publication offers guidance to federal trial and bankruptcy courts on when and how to refer appropriate cases to ADR and how to manage cases referred to ADR. FJC research found that although much has been written about basic ADR concepts, little comprehensive, easily accessible advice on ADR ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Use of Visiting Judges in the Federal District Courts: A Guide for Judges and Court Personnel
Jennifer Evans Marsh,
2001 (Publication) 67 pages
[superseded]
In 1999, at the direction of the Judicial Officers Resources Working Group appointed by the Chief Justice, the Center conducted studies of the use of visiting judges in the district courts. Interviews showed that many borrowing courts have created successful visiting judge procedures ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Use of Visiting Judges in the Federal District Courts: A Guide for Judges and Court Personnel (updated 2003)
Jennifer Evans Marsh,
2001 (Publication) 67 pages
[superseded]
In 1999, at the direction of the Judicial Officers Resources Working Group appointed by the Chief Justice, the Center conducted studies of the use of visiting judges in the district courts. Interviews showed that many borrowing courts have created successful visiting judge procedures ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Use of Visiting Judges in the Federal District Courts: A Guide for Judges and Court Personnel (updated 2006)
Nicholle Stahl-Reisdorff,
2001 (Publication) 67 pages
In 1999, at the direction of the Judicial Officers Resources Working Group appointed by the Chief Justice, the Center conducted studies of the use of visiting judges in the district courts. Interviews showed that many borrowing courts have created successful visiting judge procedures that minimize ...(Read more) |
| _ | Working With Multi-Party Cases
Angela Caesar Mobley, Kathleen Farrell, Katherine Gould-Feldman, Richard A. Houck Jr., Colleen Ligas, Cecelia G. Morris, Judith F. Roberts, Jim Woodward,
May 10, 2000 (Video)
3983-V/00 (one DVD) (1 hour 58 minutes) (participant guide)
For some courts, working with multi-party proceedings--criminal and civil cases as well as bankruptcy adversary proceedings--is just another busy day; for others, it's not so common. In both situations, all court units, whether district, bankruptcy, probation or pretrial services, face a growing ...(Read more) |
| _ | Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Fourth Edition (revised March 2000)
2000 (Publication) 244 pages
[superseded]
An ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Benchbook contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire questions, and oaths. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Case Management and Civil Pretrial Procedure
Rya W. Zobel,
1998 (Video)
1717-V/98 (one DVD) (33 minutes) (print material)
Judge Rya W. Zobel, then-director of the Federal Judicial Center, discusses the importance of sound case-management techniques and conservation of the judge's time throughout litigation. She offers suggestions for managing the Rule 16 conference, discovery disputes, motions, the final pretrial ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Civil Trial
Ann C. Williams,
1998 (Video)
1718-V/98 (one DVD) (46 minutes) (print material)
Judge Ann C. Williams (N.D. Ill.) discusses the continued importance of careful case management as the civil trial approaches. Topics addressed include using the final pretrial order as a trial guide; scheduling; maximizing jury performance; courtroom demeanor; instructions, summations, and ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Role of the U.S. Magistrate Judge
D. Brock Hornby,
1998 (Video)
2461-V/98 (one DVD) (21 minutes) (print material)
In this video, Judge D. Brock Hornby (D. Me.) provides an overview of the role U.S. magistrate judges play in district courts. He discusses the primary sources of magistrate judge authority in civil and criminal cases; the common functions of magistrate judges in most district courts, as well as ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Study of the Five Demonstration Programs Established Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990: Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management
Donna Stienstra, Molly Johnson, Patricia Lombard, Melissa Pecherski, Sirkka Kauffman, Dean Miletich, Scott Gilbert, John Shapard,
January 1997 (Publication) 327 pages
Report on the programs adopted by districts designated as demonstration districts by the Civil Justice Reform Act. Includes list of issues to address in designing a mediation program. |
| _ | The Role of the U.S. Magistrate Judge
D. Brock Hornby,
1996 (Video)
2461-V/96 (one videotape) (21 minutes) (print material)
In this video, Judge D. Brock Hornby (D. Me.) provides an overview of the role U.S. magistrate judges play in district courts. He discusses the primary sources of magistrate judge authority in civil and criminal cases; the common functions of magistrate judges in most district courts, as well as ...(Read more) |
| _ | ADR and Settlement in the Federal District Courts: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers
Elizabeth Plapinger, Donna Stienstra,
1996 (Publication) 308 pages
Based on a survey of the federal district courts and an analysis of their rules, this sourcebook describes in detail how each court's ADR and settlement procedures functioned at the time of the survey. It also provides information for judges who design and refer cases to dispute resolution ...(Read more) |
| _ | Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Fourth Edition
1996 (Publication) 244 pages
[superseded]
An ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Benchbook contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire questions, and oaths. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Alternatives to Litigation: Do They Have a Place in the Federal District Courts?
Donna Stienstra, Thomas E. Willging,
1995 (Publication) 68 pages
Long Range Planning Series, Paper No. 4
A discussion paper that analyzes arguments for and against incorporating ADR programs into the case-management procedures of federal district courts. The authors debate issues such as whether ADR is compatible with the role of the federal courts, whether ADR ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Civil Justice Reform Act Expense and Delay Reduction Plans: A Sourcebook
David Rauma, Donna Stienstra,
1995 (Publication) 361 pages
An overview of the U.S. district courts' Civil Justice Reform Act expense and delay reduction plans. Seventeen tables summarize the courts' civil case management procedures and techniques in terms of common elements, such as service of process, motions, and alternative dispute resolution. |
| _ | Awarding Attorneys' Fees and Managing Fee Litigation
Alan Hirsch, Diane Sheehey,
1994 (Publication) 167 pages
[superseded]
A monograph about the doctrinal and case-management aspects of fee awards. It analyzes the law of attorneys' fee awards under fee-shifting statutes, the common fund doctrine and its offspring, and the substantial benefit doctrine, and addresses an issue of special significance to ...(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) |
| _ | Civil Justice Reform Act Report: Development and Implementation of Plans by the United States District Courts
December 1, 1994 (Publication)
Prepared by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Transmitted to Congress by the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (includes Appendix I, III, IV). |
| _ | FJC Directions, No. 7: Alternative Dispute Resolution Issue
December 1994 (Publication) 28 pages
Based on presentations and discussions at a conference for federal judges held in late 1993, articles in this issue of FJC Directions acquaint readers with the context in which ADR is developing, define the principal types of ADR used in the federal courts, document the development and emerging ...(Read more) |
| _ | Voluntary Arbitration in Eight Federal District Courts: An Evaluation
David Rauma, Carol Krafka,
1994 (Publication) 24 pages
A statutorily mandated report on the pilot court-annexed voluntary arbitration programs in eight federal district courts. The study examines program use in the context of the programs' referral systems. It is a companion to the 1990 FJC study of court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten ...(Read more) |
| _ | Role of the U.S. Magistrate Judge
D. Brock Hornby, Carol E. Jackson, Philip M. Pro, Claudia Wilken,
1993 (Video)
2461-V/93 (one videotape) (1 hour)
Panel discussion on the role of the magistrate judge in the district court, prepared for use in the orientation of district judges. Topics include selecting magistrate judges, using magistrate judges in civil and criminal cases, and reviewing magistrate judges' decisions. |
| _ | Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction
1992 (Publication) 351 pages
[superseded]
Prepared in response to a mandate of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, the manual offers judges an arsenal of management techniques for every phase of civil litigation. It includes forty-three sample forms experienced judges have found useful in their courts as well as an overview ...(Read more) |
| _ | Case Management and Civil Pretrial Procedure
William W Schwarzer,
1991 (Video)
1717-V/91 (one videotape) (28 minutes) (print material)
Judge William W Schwarzer, director of the Federal Judicial Center, discusses the importance of sound case management techniques and conservation of the judge's time throughout litigation. He offers suggestions for managing Rule 16 conference, discovery disputes, motions and other aspects of civil ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Final Pretrial Conference and the Civil Trial
Marvin E. Aspen, Kimba M. Wood,
1991 (Video)
1718-V/91 (one videotape) (36 minutes) (print material)
Judges Marvin E. Aspen (N.D.Ill.) and Kimba M. Wood (S.D.N.Y.) discuss and emphasize the continued importance of careful case management as the civil trial approaches. Topics they address include the final pretrial conference; jury selection and orientation; maximizing jury performance; courtroom ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Elements of Case Management
William W Schwarzer, Alan Hirsch,
1991 (Publication) 29 pages
[superseded]
A primer for judges on techniques and methods of case management. |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts
Barbara Stone (Vincent) Meierhoefer,
1990 (Publication) 154 pages
A statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examines how well the programs have met various goals, delaying primarily on participants' responses to survey questions about fairness and reduction of cost, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts: Technical Appendix
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 24 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the District of New Jersey
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 93 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Eastern District of New York
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 60 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Middle District of North Carolina
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 98 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Michigan
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 98 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Missouri
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 62 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Texas
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 57 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 52 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Middle District of Florida
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 65 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Northern District of California
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 62 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Oklahoma
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1988 (Publication) 69 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Data Collection Instruments for Court-Annexed Arbitration Reports
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 69 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Alternative Dispute Resolution in Federal District Courts
Deirdre Golash, A. Leo Levin,
1986 (Publication)
A paper that describes the programs of alternative dispute resolution being implemented by federal district courts as well as by individual district judges. It explores the authority for establishing such programs and the legal basis for imposition of sanctions, which are an integral part of many ...(Read more) |
| _ | Bench Book for United States District Court Judges, Third Edition
1986 (Publication)
[superseded]
An ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Bench Book contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire questions, and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Settlement Strategies for Federal District Judges
D. Marie Provine,
1986 (Publication) 103 pages
A discussion of various techniques for settlement, such as judicial mediation, court-annexed arbitration, the use of special masters, summary jury trials, minitrials, and settlement conferences conducted by magistrate judges. The report is based on a conference of judges experienced in different ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Use of Standard Pretrial Procedures: An Assessment of Local Rule 235 of the Northern District of Georgia
Carroll Seron,
1986 (Publication) 92 pages
A study of the use of a pretrial procedure that required lawyers to hold a settlement conference and provide a certificate of settlement activity, a preliminary statement of the case after the settlement conference, a list of potential conflicts among interested parties, and a final-form pretrial ...(Read more) |
| _ | Visiting Judges in Federal District Courts
Donna Stienstra,
1985 (Publication) 40 pages
A description of the methods used by eighteen district courts to ensure that a visiting judge's stay is satisfying and productive for both the visitor and the court. Issues covered include selection and preparation of the visiting judge's caseload, orientation to the court, and the visitor's impact ...(Read more) |
| _ | The August 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Promoting Effective Case Management and Lawyer Responsibility
Arthur R. Miller,
1984 (Publication) 41 pages
An informal discussion, adapted from a lecture at a Center workshop, of the amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7, 11, 16, and 26. The author, then a member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, explains the reasons for the changes and the responsibilities the ...(Read more) |
| _ | District Court Implementation of Amended Federal Civil Rule 16: A Report on New Local Rules
Nancy Weeks,
1984 (Publication) 86 pages
An examination of the local rules federal district courts have developed in response to the 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, which calls for increased use of scheduling orders in managing caseloads. An appendix contains sample local rules from fifteen districts. |
| _ | Judicial Regulation of Attorneys' Fees: Beginning the Process at Pretrial
Thomas E. Willging,
1984 (Publication) 58 pages
A report on attorneys' assessments of the pretrial order designed to regulate and limit attorneys' fees during the course of the Continental Illinois Securities Litigation. Counsel for plaintiffs, defendants, corporations, unions, low-income clients, and public-interest groups were asked to compare ...(Read more) |
| _ | Mediation in the Western District of Washington
Karl Tegland,
1984 (Publication) 43 pages
A description of an innovation applied in the Western District of Washington for mediation of selected civil cases. Under the procedure described in this publication, judges referred cases to attorneys who serve as mediators without compensation, in an attempt to induce settlements. |
| _ | The Wayne County Mediation Program in the Eastern District of Michigan
Kathy L. Shuart,
1984 (Publication) 60 pages
An examination of a mediation procedure used in the Eastern District of Michigan that was built on an existing mediation program developed by the Third Circuit in Wayne County (Detroit), Michigan. The report describes the procedure in both the federal district court and the state trial court. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Chambers to Chambers (1983-1996)
1983 (Publication)
(Publication ceased in 1996)
A newsletter with brief descriptions of case-or office-management techniques that judges have found helpful. Items for publication were reviewed by federal judges knowledgeable in the particular subject area. Paper copies of Chambers to Chambers issues are ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration
A. Leo Levin,
1983 (Publication) 12 pages
An examination of court-annexed arbitration as an alternative method of dispute resolution. The article describes in detail how an effective court arbitration program works and the goals the program is designed to achieve. It also focuses on the experience federal and state courts have had with ...(Read more) |
| _ | Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition)
E. Allan Lind, John E. Shapard,
1983 (Publication) 140 pages
An early evaluation of the effectiveness of local rules that provided for mandatory, nonbinding arbitration in three federal district courts. |
| _ | Report on the Mediation Program in the Eastern District of Michigan
Joe S. Cecil, Barbara Stone (Vincent) Meierhoefer,
1983 (Publication)
A description of a rule adopted by the Eastern District of Michigan that permits a judge to refer diversity cases to a mediation panel and to impose certain costs as a penalty if a resulting trial does not improve on the award suggested by the panel. The report also presents the impressions of ...(Read more) |
| _ | Demographic Characteristics of Jurors in Protracted Civil Trials
Joe S. Cecil,
1982 (Publication)
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| _ | Summary Jury Trials in the Northern District of Ohio
M.-Daniel Jacoubovitch, Carl M. Moore,
1982 (Publication) 89 pages
An early analysis of the summary jury trial (SJT) procedure and a documentation of the views and concerns of participants in summary jury trials. The authors observed a number of summary jury trials, reviewed court records, and interviewed those involved in cases assigned to summary jury trials. |
| _ | Bench Comment (1981-1998)
1981 (Publication)
(Publication ceased in 1998)
A newsletter with brief summaries of trends in federal appellate treatment of practical procedural problems that trial judges may face. Each Bench Comment was reviewed by federal judges with special expertise in the specific area. Paper copies of Bench ...[(Read more) |
| _ | Protracted Civil Trials: Views from the Bench and the Bar
Gordon Bermant, Joe S. Cecil, Alan J. Chaset, E. Allan Lind, Patricia A. Lombard,
1981 (Publication) 93 pages
A report on the nature and management of long, complex civil trials, based on interviews with sixty-eight experienced judges and lawyers. The report highlights facts and opinions about the role of juries in protracted trials. It also demonstrates that there are complicated trade-offs to be ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Motions
Paul R. J. Connolly, Patricia A. Lombard,
1980 (Publication) 76 pages
An investigation of variations in motion management procedures in civil litigation, based on data from more than 3,000 cases in six district courts. The report classifies courts by motions-day procedures and extent of opinion drafting and analyzes the written-submissions and oral-proceedings tracks ...(Read more) |
| _ | Bench Book for United States District Court Judges
1979 (Publication)
[superseded]
A Second Edition of the ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Bench Book contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire ...(Read more) |
| _ | Case Management and Court Management in United States District Courts
Steven Flanders,
1977 (Publication) 153 pages
An oft-cited analysis of the differences between court management procedures resulting in fast versus slow processing and those resulting in high versus low rates of disposition. This volume reports the overall results of the District Court Studies Project, a long-range effort by the Federal ...(Read more) |
| _ | Description of the Federal Judicial Center Experimental Civil Case Management System
Philip X. Murray, Charles Vagner,
1971 (Publication)
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| _ | Bench Book for United States District Court Judges
1969 (Publication)
[superseded]
An ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Bench Book contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire questions, and ...(Read more) |