Main content An outside view of the new federal courthouse in San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Daniel W Torres Photography. U.S....
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Bankruptcy courts will begin processing an additional $60 per case payment to eligible chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for applicable cases...
Main content Just the Facts is a feature that highlights issues and trends in the Judiciary based on data collected...
Main content Judge Judith E. Levy considers the Stonewall rebellion in 1969 as the tipping point in the lesbian, gay,...
Main content Bankruptcy filings continued a steep two-year-long fall that coincided with the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Filings fell...
Two federal judges testified that a Judiciary budget of $8.6 billion is needed to keep pace with inflation and to...
The Judiciary’s observance of Law Day this year focuses on four students who brought historic cases to the federal courts...
After a two-year hiatus from in-person outreach programs due to COVID-19, bankruptcy judges are returning to classrooms to teach students...
The federal Judiciary has opened the application period for membership in its public user group that provides advice and feedback...
Main content Over the last 100 years, the Judicial Conference of the United States has grappled with many issues: rising...
Testifying to a House subcommittee about workplace conduct, two federal judges said that “the Judiciary’s process for protecting employees is...
In a wide-ranging report (pdf), the Judiciary’s Workplace Conduct Working Group said its program to ensure an exemplary workplace has achieved...
Taking steps to increase transparency and public access, the federal Judiciary’s policy making body today approved automating the release of...
In 2021, the Judiciary confronted uniquely trying times: The global pandemic placed serious constraints on the courts for a second...
Main content Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona was born into a large family on the island of Saipan in the...
Case filings are being processed more efficiently than ever in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, thanks...
Main content Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia When trying her first murder case...
Main content Judge Lydia K. Griggsby said it’s the “honor of my career” to sit on the federal bench in...
Bankruptcy filings fell again for the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2021. A steady decline in filings has continued since...
Main content Taisha Sturdivant with Judge Patti B. Saris and the late Judge Reginald C. Lindsay in 2008, when Sturdivant...
Main content An enclosed lawyers’ lectern is equipped with an air filter in the Southern District of New York. Witnesses...
The Judiciary sent letters to Congress this week urging lawmakers to defer action on pending bills affecting the federal courts’...