Bankruptcy Basics Videos
Offer Help - In Eight Parts

An eight-video package, Bankruptcy Basics, offers step-by-step explanations of the bankruptcy petition process, with an emphasis on most filers' need for legal assistance. Details.
(October 28, 2008)

U.S. Magistrate Judges
Offer Flexibility

In an interview, the chair of the Judicial Conference's Committee on the Administration of Magistrate Judges System, discusses the 40th anniversary in October of the law that created the system. Details.
(October 30, 2008)

Judiciary's New DSS
Opens Data Warehouse

The federal judiciary's new Decision Support System puts a results-based, data-driven system at the fingertips of probation and pretrial services officers. Details.
(October 30, 2008)

Two U.S. Magistrate Judges
Were There at the Start

Judge Peter Palermo in Florida and Judge Paul Komives in Michigan have served on the bench for the magistrate judges system's entire history. Details.
(October 30, 2008)