News and Announcements

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., selected a new chair for the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and three new chairs for other Conference committees. 

Six federal Judiciary employees have received the 2017 Director’s Awards, which recognize outstanding performance in the federal courts nationwide.

Federal courts around the country celebrated Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by arranging for students to welcome new U.S. citizens at nearly 50 naturalization ceremonies throughout September. 

U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sánchez’s story is told in a new “Pathways to the Bench,” a U.S. Courts video series in which federal judges talk about how their life histories helped prepare them to serve justice.

The Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico will open to the public on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. 

The Judicial Conference of the United States today approved an updated list of courthouse construction priorities and guidelines for portable communications devices in courthouses.   

Two hundred and thirty years after it was signed, the United States Constitution remains a powerful source of inspiration, and of personal liberties. In a newly released U.S. Courts video, people from different walks of life tell how and why the nation’s founding document is important to them.

Federal courthouses in southern Florida are reopening Monday, September 18 after closures caused by Hurricane Irma.

Four new Supreme Court Fellows are set to begin their 2017-2018 fellowships in September.

All federal courthouses have reopened, after being shut down more than a week because of Tropical Storm Harvey.