A presentation to the Federal Court Clerks Association on the status and future of Courtran.

This report is the second of four prepared during a study of the communications requirements of the Courtran II processing system.

A description of the calendaring and assignment computer software system that the Center designed at the request of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The report includes suggestions for possible applications of that software.

This study was conducted in order to develop a projection of the Federal Judicial Center Courtran II data communications requirements and to determine the most cost effective way to meet those requirements. The study looked forward from 1978 to 1983.