Judicial Conference of the United States in the context of "Administrative Office of the United States Courts"

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👉 Judicial Conference of the United States in the context of Administrative Office of the United States Courts

The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO or AOUSC for short) is the administrative agency of the United States federal court system, established in 1939. The AO is the central support entity for the federal judicial branch, and it provides the federal court with a wide range of legislative (legislative assistance), administrative, legal, financial, management, program (program evaluation), and information technology support services.

The Judicial Conference of the United States directly supervises it. This body sets the national and legislative policy of the federal judiciary, and it is composed of the chief justice, the chief judge of each court of appeals, a district court judge from each regional judicial circuit, and the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade. The AO implements and executes Judicial Conference policies, and applicable federal statutes and regulations. The office facilitates communications within the judiciary and with Congress, the executive branch, and the public on behalf of the judiciary. Administrative Office lawyers, public administrators, accountants, systems engineers, analysts, architects, statisticians, and other staff provide a wide variety of professional services to meet the needs of judges and more than 32,000 Judiciary employees working in more than 800 locations across the United States.

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Judicial Conference of the United States in the context of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (officially abbreviated Fed. R. Civ. P.; colloquially FRCP) govern civil procedure in United States district courts. They are the companion to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rules promulgated by the United States Supreme Court pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act become part of the FRCP unless, within seven months, the United States Congress acts to veto them. The Court's modifications to the rules are usually based upon recommendations from the Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal judiciary's internal policy-making body.

At the time 28 U.S.C. § 724 (1934) was adopted, federal courts were generally required to follow the procedural rules of the states in which they sat, but they were free to apply federal common law in cases not governed by a state constitution or state statute. Whether within the intent of Congress or not when adopting 28 U.S.C. 724 (1934), the situation was effectively reversed in 1938, the year the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect. Federal courts are now required to apply the substantive law of the states as rules of decision in cases where state law is in question, including state judicial decisions, and the federal courts almost always are required to use the FRCP as their rules of civil procedure. States may determine their own rules, which apply in state courts, although 35 of the 50 states have adopted rules that are based on the FRCP.

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Judicial Conference of the United States in the context of Federal Judicial Center

The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) is the education and research agency of the federal judiciary of the United States. It was established by Pub. L. 90–219 in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

According to 28 U.S.C. § 620, the main areas of responsibility for the center include:

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