Navigation The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) will soon begin a two-year pilot study of the impact of including data from a U.S. Sentencing Commission online tool in presentence reports during the sentencing phase of criminal cases.
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Federal Courts and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy
On MLK Day 2023, learn how federal courts played a key role when Martin Luther King, Jr., and his allies sought justice.
Chief Justice Roberts Issues 2022 Year-End Report
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has issued his 2022 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.
In COVID-19, Judicial Conference Met Its Ultimate Challenge
When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, Chief Justice William Howard Taft’s vision of a Judiciary that could work in unison was put to perhaps its greatest test. For critical weeks and months, the Judiciary’s very ability to conduct proceedings was endangered. The Judicial Conference of the United States, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, […]
Congress Passes the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
The federal judge who lost her only child when a gunman opened fire at her home and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) expressed gratitude today for the passage by Congress of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act.