A discussion of the roles and responsibilities of the position of district court executive as implemented in the mid-1980s in five pilot courts. The paper focused on the patterns that emerged from a discussion by chief judges and executives of the pilot districts.
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 official bulletin of the federal courts, distributed to all judicial branch officials and to other individuals and organizations concerned with judicial administration.
The official bulletin of the federal courts, distributed to all judicial branch officials and to other individuals and organizations concerned with judicial administration.
This study, done at the request of the Bankruptcy Division of the Administrative Office, is an analysis of the caseload burdens of bankruptcy judges, using a refinement of the time study method developed in the 1979 district court time study.
The official bulletin of the federal courts, distributed to all judicial branch officials and to other individuals and organizations concerned with judicial administration.
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.
A description of the broad impact of judicial administration policies and of how research can inform judicial administration policy decisions. The author outlines the research mission of the Federal Judicial Center and explains how the Center's research objectives are de-ned.