Judiciary News

New bankruptcy filings fell 13 percent in Fiscal Year 2014, to 963,739. This is the lowest number of bankruptcy filings for any 12-month period since 2007.

A new Integrated Voice Response notifies jurors of schedule changes through phone, email and text alerts. The system reduces inconvenience to the public and saves staff time and costs.

Since 2003, the number of offenders in the two most serious criminal history categories has increased nearly 20 percent, straining post-conviction supervision resources.

Take one international bank fraud scheme, 17 co-conspirators, 18,253 victims and over $3 million in restitution.  Add a dedicated district court staff and you have what is believed to be the largest single check disbursement made to date by any district court.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. named five new Judicial Conference committee chairs and extended the terms of six current Conference committee chairs. The new appointments were effective October 1, 2014.

New chairs:

• Judge Gary A. Fenner (W.D. Mo.) succeeds Chief Judge Joseph H...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York observed September as “Disaster Preparedness Month,” with events to raise awareness of emergency planning.

“Because our court has lived through so many different types of crises, from the attacks of 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy, we are...

A new video shows scenes from a memorable day in which the Judiciary naturalized 8,500 new citizens in a coast-to-coast celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

Students got a living lesson in civics as 8,500 new citizens were naturalized in a nationwide Judiciary celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

In the last six months, courts have begun to backfill some of the 3,400 staff lost between July 2011 and March 2014, and also restore funding for critical public safety programs, such as probation and pretrial services.

The federal Judiciary and the General Services Administration (GSA) are launching an important new dialogue on space and rent management, at a time when the U.S. government’s landlord and one of its largest tenants are both grappling with a new era of downsizing.

In a first for the federal Judiciary, America’s newest citizens are being invited to join an annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, by taking part in more than two dozen naturalization ceremonies that will be held from Maine to Alaska on Sept. 17 and 18.

A probation office in Chicago has become the national "flagship" of a federal Judiciary initiative to shrink rent costs, by reimagining and downsizing the traditional office workplace.

On Aug. 20, 1964, the President signed into law the Criminal Justice Act, guaranteeing paid legal counsel for federal criminal defendants who could not afford it. Fifty years later, many hail the CJA and the federal defenders system as a shining success.

In the latest On Topic interview, U.S. Judge Irene M. Keeley discusses the federal supervision system.

A new “Court Shorts” video, focusing on the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, has been released by the federal judiciary, expanding a series of short video and audio podcasts that teach young people about our nation’s Constitution, courts and individual rights.