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The federal judiciary's Defender Services Office announces that there will be an increase to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney hourly rates.

CJA Panel Attorney Hourly Rate Increase:

The panel attorney hourly rates increased from $155 to $158 for non-…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts pledged Friday to improve ethics training and bolster internal compliance systems for the federal judiciary, citing a…

Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee have asked U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to open an investigation into the Eleventh Circuit chief judge’s and a federal district judge recent hiring of a law clerk with “a history of nakedly racist and hateful conduct” (…

The Supreme Court will hear argument on Tuesday in an important case on the rights of criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. Specifically, the court will determine in Hemphill v. New York…

This year is turning out to be another remarkable year for new record relief enactments. In just the first six months of 2021, 25 states enacted no fewer than 51 laws authorizing sealing or expungement of criminal records, with another 5 states enrolling 11 bills that await a governor’s…

On July 2, 1908, LDF founder and first Director-Counsel, and the first Black Supreme Court Justice…

Attorney General Merrick Garland has imposed a moratorium on scheduling federal executions, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday (access full…

Attorney General Merrick Garland has imposed a moratorium on scheduling federal executions, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday (access press…

Following former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd, a Minnesota judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22 1/2 years (270 months) in prison Friday — a punishment that exceeds the state…

The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the influential federal appeals court in Washington DC (access full article).

Jackson, a federal…