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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Courtran II Alternative Network Cost Analysis This report is the third of four prepared during a study of the communications requirements of the Courtran II processing system. This report analyzes and compares pricing for each of the primary Courtran II network alternatives. |
January 1, 1978 |
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Operation of the Federal Judicial Councils An analysis of the creation and history of the councils, and an evaluation of the operation of the federal judicial councils before the 1980 statutory change. The authors assess the effectiveness of the guidelines for council activity that the Judicial Conference of the United States promulgated in 1974. |
January 1, 1978 |
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Comprehensive Application of Computer Technology to the Federal Courts of the United States - |
January 1, 1978 |
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Improving the Federal Court Library System: Report and Recommendations Submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center Nineteen recommendations for modernizing and improving the federal court library system, based on a survey of the legal research facilities and library services throughout the federal court system. |
January 1, 1978 |
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Central Legal Staffs in the United States Courts of Appeals: A Survey of Internal Operating Procedures A discussion of the use of staff attorneys in each circuit court, based on reports prepared by senior staff attorneys. |
January 1, 1978 |
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The Quality of Advocacy in the Federal Courts: A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts A report on judges' evaluations of lawyers' performance in federal district courts and courts of appeals, undertaken in response to Chief Justice Burger's criticism of federal court advocacy. Based on surveys of trial and appellate judges and attorneys, as well as on ratings of videotaped trial performance, the study analyzes relationships between performance and lawyer characteristics (role in case, size of law office, and lawyer's age, experience, and education) and identifies areas of deficiency in trial and appellate skills. |
January 1, 1978 |
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The Voir Dire Examination, Juror Challenges, and Adversary Advocacy A broad review of the legal and psychological issues presented by the voir dire examination and subsequent challenges of prospective jurors. The discussion is organized under four headings: interests, criteria, parameters, and methodology. An edited version of the paper is contained in The Trial Process (B. D. Sales ed., Plenum 1981). |
January 1, 1978 |
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Time Trends in the Earnings of Attorneys: Preliminary Report - |
January 1, 1978 |
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Data Analysis at the Federal Judicial Center This report to the Federal Judicial Center looks at problems related to the collection and analysis of data that were encountered during the Center's first 10 years of existence. These include the inability of available computer facilities to support research effectively and problems with the data or its documentation. |
January 1, 1977 |
| Progress Report on Phase I: A Project to Develop a Predictive System for the Allocation of Judges | January 1, 1977 |