 |  _ | Federal Judicial Center Statistical Examples Software Prototype: Age Discrimination Example
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2002 (Publication) 92 pages
The prototype, prepared for a symposium on teaching statistics to judges, presents Fisher’s exact, chi-squared, and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses in a hypothetical example of age discrimination litigation. The prototype also discusses odds ratios, expected values, and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Independence in the United States: Current Issues and Relevant Background Information
Mira Gur-Arie, Russell Wheeler,
2001 (Publication) 15 pages
Judicial Independence in the United States: Current Issues and Relevant Background Information is published by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a chapter in Guidance for Promoting Judicial Independence and Impartiality, pp. 133-146. The guide seeks to promote understanding ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Independence in the United States: Current Issues and Relevant Background Information (Chinese translation)
Mira Gur-Arie, Russell Wheeler,
2001 (Publication) 16 pages
This is a Chinese language translation of Judicial Independence in the United States: Current Issues and Relevant Background Information., which was published by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a chapter in Guidance for Promoting Judicial Independence and ...[(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (bankruptcy judges)
Fern M. Smith,
1999 (Video)
1787-V/99 (one videotape) (7 minutes)
In this program, Judge Fern M. Smith, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcomes new bankruptcy judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the role of national and local agencies ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (circuit judge)
William H. Rehnquist, Fern M. Smith,
1999 (Video)
1786-V/99 (one videotape) (10 minutes)
In this program, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Judge Fern M. Smith, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcome new appellate judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (magistrate judges)
Fern M. Smith,
1999 (Video)
1785-V/99 (one videotape) (7 minutes)
In this program, Judge Fern M. Smith, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcomes new magistrate judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the role of national and local agencies ...(Read more) |
| _ | Mentor Program for New District Judges
1997 (Publication) 15 pages
A pamphlet describing programs and materials available to newly appointed district judges that supplements the Center's orientation programs. The outline is designed to assist courts in planning their in-court orientation and to help newly appointed judges find information for supplemental ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (bankruptcy judges)
William H. Rehnquist, Rya W. Zobel,
1995 (Video)
1787-V/95 (one videotape) (10 minutes)
In this program, Judge Rya W. Zobel, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcomes new bankruptcy judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the role of national and local agencies and ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (circuit judge)
William H. Rehnquist, Rya W. Zobel,
1995 (Video)
1786-V/95 (one videotape) (10 minutes)
In this program, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Judge Rya W. Zobel, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcome new appellate judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Word of Welcome to the Federal Judicial System (magistrate judges)
Rya W. Zobel,
1995 (Video)
1785-V/95 (one videotape) (7 minutes) (print material)
In this program, Judge Rya W. Zobel, director of the Federal Judicial Center, welcomes new magistrate judges to the federal judiciary. The program discusses assistance available from the Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and explains the role of national and local agencies and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Planning for the Future: Results of a 1992 Federal Judicial Center Survey of United States Judges
1994 (Publication) 109 pages
Results from the Center's 1992 survey of nearly all federal judges on a wide range of issues of concern to the federal courts. The survey was conducted primarily to inform the deliberations of the Judicial Conference Committee on Long Range Planning and to inform the Center's congressionally ...(Read more) |
| _ | Administrative Matters Pertaining to Magistrate Judges and Their Staff
Aaron E. Goodstein, Charles F. Hicks, Nancy Stein Nowak, Thomas C. Hnatowski,
1993 (Video)
2111-V/93 (one videotape) (47 minutes) (print material)
Discusses administrative matters newly appointed magistrate judges are concerned with following their appointment. Panel discussion topics include education and training, travel, backup duty, staff support, reporting requirements, compensation, office space and equipment furnishings, automation and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Imposing a Moratorium on the Number of Federal Judges: Analysis of Arguments and Implications
Gordon Bermant, William W Schwarzer, Edward Sussman, Russell R. Wheeler,
1993 (Publication) 66 pages
Long Range Planning Series, Paper No. 1
An analysis of the arguments for and against imposing a cap on the number of federal district and circuit judgeships. The authors also discuss the arguments for "slow growth" and for a steep and immediate growth in the number of judgeships, proposals that ...(Read more) |
| _ | Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal: Executive Summary
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 12 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Why Judges Resign: Influences on Federal Judicial Service, 1789 to 1992
Emily Field Van Tassel, Beverly Hudson Wirtz, Peter Wonders,
1993 (Publication) 138 pages
Provides a historical perspective on the reasons federal judges have left the bench. The study focuses on the fewer than 200 judges who, over the last 200 years, resigned from the bench for stated reasons other than age or health. The Center prepared the study for the National Commission on ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Evaluation Pilot Project of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch: A Report to the Committee
Darlene R. Davis,
1991 (Publication) 44 pages
The Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch appointed a subcommittee to study judicial evaluations and make recommendations. The subcommittee chose to initiate a pilot project of voluntary, confidential evaluations with the specific goal of judicial self-improvement. Because of the ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Federal Appellate Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century
Cynthia Harrison, Russell R. Wheeler (eds.),
1989 (Publication) 277 pages
The October 1988 conference for all federal appellate judges recognized the 200th anniversary of the federal judicial system. It provided an opportunity for collective analysis on the future of the appellate courts. This collection of essays by scholars and jurists on the future of the federal ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Sabbaticals
Ira P. Robbins,
1987 (Publication) 75 pages
Examines the possible use of sabbatical leave for federal judges as a means of improving judges' morale, reducing their job-related stress, and reducing attrition in their ranks. The author sets out the history of sabbaticals in other fields and discusses the value of such leave for those, like ...(Read more) |
| _ | Your Honor
Edward J. Devitt,
1986 (Publication) 14 pages
A paper about the responsibilities of being a federal judge, based on an address given at several Center seminars for newly appointed district judges. |
| _ | In-Court Orientation Programs in the Federal District Courts
Barbara Stone (Vincent) Meierhoefer,
1984 (Publication) 24 pages
A description of some of the orientation methods that have been used by various district courts to introduce new judges to judicial tasks and local court practice. An appendix includes an orientation checklist developed by the Center. Revised as Individual Orientation for Newly Appointed District ...(Read more) |
| _ | Disqualification of Federal Judges by Peremptory Challenge
Alan J. Chaset,
1981 (Publication) 82 pages
An analysis of statutory procedures proposed in the early 1980s, and which continue to arise, that would allow federal litigants to challenge, on a peremptory basis, the federal judge or magistrate judge assigned to their case. Prepared at the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judgeship Creation in the Federal Courts: Options for Reform
Carl Baar,
1981 (Publication) 49 pages
An early review of various procedures used by state legislatures and judiciaries to create judgeships. In light of those procedures, the author analyzes the federal judgeship creation process and suggests alternatives to it. These alternatives involve delegation to the federal judiciary of some ...(Read more) |
| _ | Decisions Construing the Judicial Disqualification Statute
Francine Tilewick,
1977 (Publication)
A brief analysis of the judicial disqualification statute, 28 U.S.C. Section 455, with an index and annotations of reported decisions construing the statute. |