Articles Tagged with courts

Survey: Judges Split on Their Use of Social Media

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Forty percent of state court judges use social media profile sites, with the majority of them on Facebook. Even so, nearly half of judges strongly believe that they cannot participate professionally in social networking sites without compromising judicial ethics.

These are among the findings of fascinating survey conducted over the summer by the Conference

An Encyclopedia of Judges and Courts

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You might say that Judgepedia is the Wikipedia of the judiciary. It strives to be a comprehensive encyclopedic reference about America’s courts and judges. Like Wikipedia, its users are also its editors — anyone can register and then edit any article. “By helping to edit, add information, any fix any mistakes you see,…

Federal Courts Site Gets Web 2.0’d

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The Federal Judiciary unveiled a significantly redesigned Web site this week at U.S. Courts.gov. The redesign is intended to make the site more attractive, accessible and useful, an announcement said. In the process, it added new Web 2.0 features such as RSS feeds, podcasts and multimedia. In fact, the Federal Judiciary now…

FindLaw Adds RSS Feeds for 23 Courts

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FindLaw has added RSS feeds for case summaries from the Supreme Court, the federal circuit courts and state appellate courts in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas. It has also introduced practice-area feeds that provide case summaries for 16 practice areas, from bankruptcy to tax. The feeds provide summaries of the opinions…

All U.S. Trial Transcripts to Go Online

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All transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings will be available online through the federal judiciary’s PACER system, the Judicial Conference announced today. Transcripts will be posted to PACER 90 days after they are submitted to the court and will cost eight cents a page to view, download or print.

The…