Court Administration

Cybersecurity incident disrupts federal bankruptcy courts

A cybersecurity breach affecting the British aerospace company BAE Systems has also led to issues within the U.S. bankruptcy court system.

Oct 16, 2026 9:54 AM CDT

Finding right fit is more important in judicial clerkship hiring than politics, new study says

Law students often assume that politics decide who wins a judicial clerkship, but judges say otherwise, according to a new study based on interviews with 194 federal and state judges.

Oct 14, 2026 11:55 AM CDT

Judge censured following ‘little experiment’ in court with gun, stapler

A “little experiment” involving a stapler and a handgun in court has led to a censure for a judge in the New York City Criminal Court.

Oct 14, 2026 11:13 AM CDT

Judge’s CPR rescue leads to courthouse training

The 67th District Court in Flint, Michigan, had a CPR training Monday for court employees following Michigan Judge Herman Marable Jr.’s experience last October, when he saved a man’s life with the skills that he first learned as a child.

Oct 13, 2026 9:48 AM CDT

Arizona’s court system hit by cyberattack

Personal information for 1.3 million people was stolen late last month through a cyberattack on Arizona’s court system, thought to have been launched when a court employee clinked a link in an email.

Oct 8, 2026 11:12 AM CDT

Chief Justice Roberts moves oldest active federal judge’s fitness investigation to 11th Circuit

Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has long argued that the investigation into her fitness should be handled by a neutral circuit, rather than her colleagues.

Oct 7, 2026 11:57 AM CDT

DOJ lawyers told to replace term ‘AI’ with ‘super intelligence’

A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Trump administration has told DOJ employees, including its lawyers, to replace the term “AI” with “super intelligence” in court filings and other official communications “when appropriate.”

Oct 7, 2026 9:36 AM CDT

2 judges who couldn’t get along both removed from bench

Two Maryland judges who allegedly disrespected each other in court, including shouting matches reportedly heard by staff, have both been removed from the bench.

Oct 6, 2026 1:51 PM CDT

Justice Sotomayor criticizes judge who ordered juror’s arrest in front of jury pool

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday rebuked an Alabama judge who had a prospective juror arrested for being late to court, warning that doing so could scare other members of the pool and make them less effective if chosen.

Oct 6, 2026 11:58 AM CDT

Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump

In the tug of war over whether Roger Rogoff can serve as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, a federal judge reinstated him Thursday.

Oct 2, 2026 9:39 AM CDT

Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role

Merritt McAlister, the interim law dean at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, has been elevated to serve in the dean role on a permanent basis.

Oct 1, 2026 12:40 PM CDT

Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI company for courts, judges

Clio has been preparing to make a move into the judicial market.

Oct 1, 2026 11:03 AM CDT

Judge wrongly permitted AI-generated victim video, state appeals court says

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a lower court judge improperly allowed at a sentencing hearing an artificial intelligence-generated video in which the victim is depicted talking about forgiveness and addressing the defendant directly.

Oct 1, 2026 10:03 AM CDT

Best Judgment: Judges blast lawyers for citing hallucinated cases, but ethics pros say rule changes not needed

It seems hardly a day goes by without a story about an attorney citing hallucinated cases. Public humiliation—including court orders with scoldings and fines—is often part of the details, as well as getting fired. But perhaps the worst part is being known as the lawyer who submitted fake cases and didn’t bother to check their work.

Oct 1, 2026 1:55 AM CDT

From Canvas to Courthouse: Appeals court mural reflects visitors and staff alike

When Atlanta artist Ralph Gilbert was commissioned to paint a mural in the Florida Second District Court of Appeal in St. Petersburg, Florida, he knew he had a lot of listening to do. He wanted to paint a mural that portrayed the role of the courthouse to the people who visited it and the staff who worked there every day.

Oct 1, 2026 1:00 AM CDT