The Center's report on research and education activities in 2001, submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States as required by statute.

In response to requests from chief judges and as a follow-up to a 2000 conference for appellate judges, the Center developed this common template that each circuit could use to develop its own deskbook for chief judges.

Superseded by The Use of Visiting Judges in the Federal District Courts: A Guide for Judges and Court Personnel (updated 2003).In 1999, at the direction of the Judicial Officers Resources Working Group appointed by the Chief Justice, the Center conducted studies of the use of visiting judges in t

Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals