A newsletter with brief descriptions of case-or office-management techniques that judges have found helpful. Items for publication were reviewed by federal judges knowledgeable in the particular subject area.

Volume 1

• No. 1: Conducting Court Proceedings by Telephone (April 1983)
• No. 2: "First Friday"- Litigant and Witness Orientation (June 29, 1983)
• No. 3: Trial Transcripts: Saying No to Premature Requests (July 29, 1983)

Volume 2

• No. 1: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(c)(7) and Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (February 24, 1984)
• No. 2: Use of Narrative Statements as Direct Testimony: An Alternative for Expert Witnesses (June 4, 1984)
• No. 3: Joint Representation of Codefendants: A Checklist for the Rule 44(c) Inquiry, Justin L. Quackenbush (July 16, 1984)

Volume 3

• No. 1: District Court Guides to Local Discovery Practices Prove Helpful (August 15, 1985)
• No. 2: Jury Management in Sharon v. Time, Inc., Abraham D. Sofaer (September 15, 1985)

Volume 4

• No. 1: Use of Alternate Jurors in Civil Cases (February 18, 1986)
• No. 2: Use of Special Masters to Conduct Settlement Negotiations, Sherman G. Finesilver (July 10, 1986)
• No. 3: Saving Time in Empanelling Grand Juries (September 9, 1986)
• No. 4: Allocating Time for Direct and Cross-Examination and Other Presentation of Evidence, Pierre N. Leval (November 17, 1986)
• No. 5: Interim Summations, Pierre N. Leval (December 8, 1986)

Volume 5

• No. 1: Appointment of Counsel for Indigents in Civil Cases (July 13, 1987)
• No. 2: Conduct of Voir Dire in Light of Batson v. Kentucky (October 9, 1987)

Volume 6

• No. 1: Editor's Request for Articles from Judges (September 30, 1988)
• No. 2: Mass-Disaster Litigation--Organization of the Parties, Raymond L. Acosta (October 24, 1988)
• No. 3: Mass-Disaster Litigation--Organization of the Court, Raymond L. Acosta (November 22, 1988)

Volume 7

• No. 1: Standards of Litigation Conduct for Attorneys in N.D. Tex.: Dondi Properties Corp. v. Commerce Sav. & Loan Ass'n., Judges of Northern District of Texas (January 5, 1989)
• No. 2: Innovations: Written Jury Questionnaire; Hiring of Expert to Assist Judge in Technical, Non--Jury Trial; Division of Time Between Parties; Resolution of Discovery Disputes; Order for Civil RICO Cases, H. Lee Sarokin, Richard P. Conaboy, Dickinson R. Debevoise, Robert E. Keeton, Alan N. Bloch (February 7, 1989)
• No. 3: Handling News Media Arrangements During High Visibility Trials, Gerhard A. Gesell (November 27, 1989)

Volume 8

• No. 1: Innovations--Parajudicial Officers; Situations Where Counsel Is Retained by Someone Other Than Defendant, Peter C. Dorsey, Santiago E. Campos, Lucius D. Bunton (February 5, 1990)
• No. 2: Innovations--Situations Where Counsel Is Retained by Someone Other Than Defendant, William B. Enright, Peter Beer, Anthony A. Alaimo, B. Avant Edenfield, Kenneth R. Fisher (April 16, 1990)

Volume 9

• No. 1: Dispositive Motion Procedure Saves Court Time, Alfred J. Lechner Jr. (February 1994)
• No. 2: Many District Courts Encourage Expanded Role for Magistrate Judges in Civil Cases (March 1994)
• No. 3: Thoughts on Jury Trial in a Patent Case, Avern Cohn (June 1994)
• No. 4: Judges Should Set Time Limits on Trials for the Public's Sake, William O. Bertelsman (December 1994)

Volume 10

• No. 1: Appointment of Counsel and Jury Selection Issues in Federal Death Penalty Cases (May 1995)
• No. 2: Compensation of Counsel, Investigators, and Expert Witnesses in Federal Death Penalty Cases (December 1995)

Volume 11

• No. 1: Managing Federal Death Penalty Cases: An Overview of Legal and Practical Issues (September 1996)