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Decentralized Self-Regulation, Accountability, and Judicial Independence Under the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980

Jeffrey N. Barr, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1994

A report prepared for the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal under the title: Administration of the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: Final Report.

Voluntary Arbitration in Eight Federal District Courts: An Evaluation

Carol L. Krafka, David E. Rauma

January 1, 1994

A statutorily mandated report on the pilot court-annexed voluntary arbitration programs in eight federal district courts. The study examines program use in the context of the programs' referral systems.

Planning for the Future: Results of a 1992 Federal Judicial Center Survey of United States Judges

January 1, 1994

Results from the Center's 1992 survey of nearly all federal judges on a wide range of issues of concern to the federal courts.

Electronic Media Coverage of Federal Civil Proceedings: An Evaluation of the Pilot Program in Six District Courts and Two Courts of Appeals

Carol L. Krafka, Molly Johnson

January 1, 1994

An evaluation of the Judicial Conference's 1991-1993 pilot program allowing electronic media coverage of federal civil proceedings in six district and two appellate courts.

Guidelines for Using Mailed Questionnaires

Carol L. Krafka, Patricia A. Lombard, Donna J. Stienstra, Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Carol Witcher

September 1, 1993

A "how-to" manual based on the experience of the Research Division staff to help in anticipating the steps involved and to plan for the resources necessary to successfully get information by mail questionnaire.

Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal

Robert W. Kastenmeier

August 2, 1993

In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, i

Why Judges Resign: Influences on Federal Judicial Service, 1789 to 1992

Emily Field Van Tassel, Beverly Hudson Wirtz, Peter A. Wonders

January 1, 1993

Provides a historical perspective on the reasons federal judges have left the bench. The study focuses on the fewer than 200 judges who, over the last 200 years, resigned from the bench for stated reasons other than age or health.

Court-Appointed Experts: Defining the Role of Experts Appointed Under Federal Rule of Evidence 706

Joe S. Cecil, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1993

A study of why judges rarely appoint experts under Rule 706. In discussing this issue with judges, the authors learned of techniques and procedures that may aid judges when considering whether to appoint an expert or when managing an expert who has been appointed.

Structural and Other Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: Report to the United States Congress and the Judicial Conference of the United States

Judith A. McKenna

January 1, 1993

A study requested by the Federal Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1990 of the problems facing the federal courts of appeals and the numerous changes, structural and otherwise, that have been suggested as solutions.

FJC Directions, No. 4

Joe S. Cecil, Thomas E. Willging, Emily Z. Huebner

August 1, 1992

A magazine that reported Center research and education activities in a concise format. In this issue of FJC Directions:

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Research Reports

Decentralized Self-Regulation, Accountability, and Judicial Independence Under the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980

Voluntary Arbitration in Eight Federal District Courts: An Evaluation

Planning for the Future: Results of a 1992 Federal Judicial Center Survey of United States Judges

Electronic Media Coverage of Federal Civil Proceedings: An Evaluation of the Pilot Program in Six District Courts and Two Courts of Appeals

Guidelines for Using Mailed Questionnaires

Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal

Why Judges Resign: Influences on Federal Judicial Service, 1789 to 1992

Court-Appointed Experts: Defining the Role of Experts Appointed Under Federal Rule of Evidence 706

Structural and Other Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: Report to the United States Congress and the Judicial Conference of the United States

FJC Directions, No. 4

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