NCJ Number
223650
Date Published
2007
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This report describes the 2007 calendar-year activities of the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), which was established in 1967 to be the research and education agency within the Federal judicial branch of government.
Abstract
The FJC’s Education Division plans and produces education and training programs for judges and court staff, including in-person programs, satellite broadcasts, video programs, publications, curriculum packages for in-court training, and Web-based programs and resources. The Research Division examines and evaluates current and alternative Federal court practices and policies. This research assists Judicial Conference committees, which request most FJC research, in developing policy recommendations. In 2007, the FJC provided just over 300 in-person, in-court, and technology-based educational programs for more than 10,500 Federal judges and court staff. It completed 8 major research and evaluation projects, continued work on 27 others, and responded to more than 45 other requests for short-term research assistance. The FJC produced 21 new programs for broadcast on the Federal Judicial Television Network and 5 educational video programs for use in in-person training programs. It published or updated 13 reports, manuals, monographs, or reference guides. It also developed two e-learning programs and four Web-based resources for FJC Online, its new site on the courts’ intranet. Two new curriculum packages were completed, along with one new program for in-court education of court staff and probation and pretrial services officers and staff. The FJC distributed just over 20,000 copies of its publications in addition to almost 3,600 audio, video, and multimedia programs. Forty-six briefings were coordinated for 306 foreign judges, court officials, scholars, and students from approximately 50 countries.