Federal Judicial Center - A Nontraditional Organization in the Federal Judiciary of the United States

• NCJ Number: 74132
• Author(s): J L Ebersole
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 55 pages
• Corporate Author: Federal Judicial Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Presented at the Seminar on Reform of Justice Administration, Mar Del Plata, Argentina, October 12-15, 1978.

Annotation

The Federal Judicial Center is described in terms of the context within which it operates, history leading to creation of the organization, and examples of its programs in a paper that was presented before a seminar on reform sponsored by the International Communication Agency.

Abstract

Started in early 1968, the Federal Judicial Center seeks to 'further the development and adoption of improved judicial administration in the courts of the United States.' The center's functions include conducting research and study of the operation of the courts of the United States, developing and presenting for consideration by the judicial conference recommendations for improvement of the administration and management of the courts, and creating and conducting programs of continuing education and training for personnel of the judicial branch. Center activities are supervised by a board composed of the Chief Justice of the United States, who is the permanent chairman, two courts of appeals judges, three elected district court judges, and the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The center has evolved into four divisions which include research, continuing education and training, innovations and systems development, and interjudicial affairs and information services. The present staff numbers slightly over 100 persons. Five footnotes are included.