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- The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. 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: 1.
* conducting and promoting "research and study of the operation of the courts of the United States," and to act to encourage and coordinate the same by others; 2.
* developing "recommendations for improvement of the administration and management of [U.S.] courts," and presenting these to the Judicial Conference of the U.S.; and 3.
* through all means available, see to conducting programs for the "continuing education and training for personnel" of the U.S. judiciary, for all employees in the justice system, from judges through probation officers and mediators. In addition to these major provisions, §620 (b)(4)(5)(6) sets forth the additional provisions that the FJC will (i) provide staff and assistance to the Judicial Conference and component bodies, (ii) coordinate programs and research on the administration of justice with the State Justice Institute, and (iii) cooperatively assist other government agencies in providing advice, and receiving advice, regarding judicial administration in foreign countries, in each of these cases, to the extent it is "consistent with the performance of the other functions set forth" earlier. The Code also states (§621) that the Chief Justice of the United States is the permanent Chair of the Center's board, and that it includes the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and seven federal judges elected by the Judicial Conference. The Board appoints the Center's director and deputy director; the director appoints the Center's staff. Since its founding in 1967, the Center has had eleven directors. The current director is . The deputy director is . (en)
- Federal Judicial Center (förkortning: FJC) är en myndighet inom USA:s federala domstolsväsende som står under Judicial Conference of the United States och som har till uppdrag att bedriva forskning, information och utbildning kring det federala domstolsväsendet. FJC har sitt säte i Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building i Washington, D.C. FJC bildades 1967 genom lag stiftad av USA:s kongress och undertecknad av USA:s president Lyndon Johnson, efter förslag av dåvarande chefsdomaren Earl Warren med avsikt att förbättra domstolsväsendet med hjälp av samhällsvetenskaplig forskning. FJC leds av en styrelse i vilken chefsdomaren är ordförande ex officio. En del av verksamheten sammanställer statistik om den löpande verksamheten vid domstolarna. En annan syftar till internutbildning av domare och annan domstolspersonal. En annan sammanställer och tillhandahåller historisk skildring av det federala domstolsväsendet. Den fjärde delen riktar sig till andra länder genom att påvisa goda exempel från USA samt att informera om landets rättssystem. (sv)
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