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A Guide to the Preservation of Federal Judges' Papers, Third Edition

September 12, 2018

This guide provides information for judges about organizing, managing, and storing physical documents and electronic materials in chambers. It discusses the importance of federal judges' papers as a documentary record of judges' careers and the work of the federal courts.

Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History, Volume I: 1787–1875

Bruce A. Ragsdale

January 1, 2013

The first volume of the Documentary History of Debates on the Federal Judiciary traces the long process of defining the judiciary within the relatively brief outline provided by the Constitution.

Appendix I: Sample Letter to Chief Judges of the Circuits Requesting District Judge Designations to the Circuit Meetings

March 1, 2005

New Case Weights for Computing Each District's Weighted Filings Per Judgeship (revised 1996)

John E. Shapard

March 27, 1996

This document presents tables which show case weights derived from the Federal Judicial Center's 1987-1993 District Court Time Study.

New Case Weights for Computing Each District's Weighted Filings Per Judgeship [Superseded]

John E. Shapard

January 1, 1995

This document presents tables which show case weights derived from the Federal Judicial Center's 1987-1993 District Court Time Study.

Imposing a Moratorium on the Number of Federal Judges: Analysis of Arguments and Implications

Edward Sussman, Gordon Bermant, Russell R. Wheeler, William W Schwarzer

January 1, 1993

Long Range Planning Series, Paper No. 1

Visiting Judges in Federal District Courts [Superseded]

Donna J. Stienstra

January 1, 1985

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.

Judgeship Creation in the Federal Courts: Options for Reform

Carl Baar

January 1, 1981

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.

Progress Report on Phase I: A Project to Develop a Predictive System for the Allocation of Judges

Institute for Law and Social Research

January 1, 1977

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