What is the Federal Judicial Center?
Q: What is the Federal Judicial Center?
A: The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts.
Q: When was the Federal Judicial Center established?
A: The Federal Judicial Center was established in 1967 through an Act of Congress (28 U.S.C. § 620: 629).
Q: Who came up with the idea for a center for the federal courts?
A: The idea for a center for the federal courts came from the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Q: What are the main activities of the Federal Judicial Center?
A: The main activities of the Federal Judicial Center include orientation and continuing education and training for federal judges, court employees, and others; recommendations about the operation and study of the federal courts; and research on federal judicial procedures, court operations, and history.
Q: Who serves on the Board of Directors for the Federal Judicial Center?
A: The Chief Justice of the United States is the ex officio chair of the Center's board. The board also has the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and seven judges elected by the Judicial Conference.
Q: Who appoints the director and staff of the Federal Judicial Center?
A: The Board of Directors for the Federal Judicial Center appoints the Center's director and deputy director, and the director appoints the Center's staff.
Q: Who is the current director of the Federal Judicial Center?
A: Judge Jeremy Fogel is the current director of the Federal Judicial Center, appointed in 2011.
