Judges & the Art of Judging

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Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal: Executive Summary

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.

FJC Directions, No. 3

Paul J. Hofer, Barbara Meierhoefer

May 1, 1992

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

Judicial Evaluation Pilot Project of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch: A Report to the Committee

Darlene R. Davis

January 1, 1991

The Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch appointed a subcommittee to study judicial evaluations and make recommendations. The subcommittee chose to initiate a pilot project of voluntary, confidential evaluations with the specific goal of judicial self-improvement.

The Federal Appellate Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century

Cynthia E. Harrison, Russell R. Wheeler, John Cooper Godbold, William Hubbs Rehnquist, Griffin B. Bell, John J. Gibbons, William J. Bauer, Martin H. Redish, Levin Hicks Campbell, Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr., Jon O. Newman, Paul D. Carrington, William Judson Holloway Jr., Joseph Francis Weis Jr., William W Schwarzer, Laurence H. Tribe, Alvin B. Rubin, Robert C. Murphy, A. Leo Levin, Byron R. White, Donald Pomery Lay, Pierce Lively, Mary M. Schroeder, Charles Clark, Harrison L. Winter, Patricia McGowan Wald, Wilfred Feinberg, Howard T. Markey, Frank Morey Coffin, William J. Brennan Jr.

January 1, 1989

The October 1988 conference for all federal appellate judges recognized the 200th anniversary of the federal judicial system. It provided an opportunity for collective analysis on the future of the appellate courts.

Judicial Sabbaticals

Ira P. Robbins

January 1, 1987

Examines the possible use of sabbatical leave for federal judges as a means of improving judges' morale, reducing their job-related stress, and reducing attrition in their ranks.

Your Honor

Edward J. Devitt

January 1, 1986

A paper about the responsibilities of being a federal judge, based on an address given at several Center seminars for newly appointed district judges.

Appellate Review of Trial Court Discretion

Maurice Rosenberg

May 13, 1975

A discussion of types of cases in which judicial discretion─based on facts and guided by law─is applied in trial courts.

Stare Decisis

Edward D. Re

May 13, 1975

An exploration of the doctrine of precedent in the judicial process. Presented at a Seminar for Federal Appellate Judges sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, May 13-16, 1975

Orientation Techniques for Newly-Appointed Federal District Judges

Russell R. Wheeler

January 1, 1975

Federal Judicial Center

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