PLSC 400: Judicial Decision Making (Bowie): Recommended Websites

Provides information on the US Federal Court system, including District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts and the US Appeals Court. It also provides statistics, information on judgeships and accessing court records.

The National Center for State Courts is an independent, nonprofit court improvement organization founded at the urging of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren E. Burger. He envisioned NCSC as a clearinghouse for research information and comparative data to support improvement in judicial administration in state courts.

This website of the ABA contains information on becoming a member, publications for lawyers, statistical information, policies and more.

Infographic from whitehouse.gov showing President Obama's strategic attempts to include more diversity in judges on the bench and the delays in the Senate to confirm his appointments.

The official website of the Supreme Court, including court opinions, documents & docket.

SCOTUSblog (SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the United States) provides comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court. The blog is provided as a public service and is sponsored by Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. The blog generally reports on every merits case before the Court at least three times: prior to argument; after argument; and after the decision. For the merits cases and the petitions we cover, we provide access to all the briefs.

The Oyez Project is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.

The ELS blog serves as an online forum to discuss and provide links for emerging empirical legal scholarship, provide conference updates, discuss empirical claims that have emerged in public and political discourse, facilitate discussion for guest empirical scholars and assess current empirical findings and methodologies

Founded in 1913, the American Judicature Society is an independent, non-partisan, membership organization working nationally to protect the integrity of the American justice system. AJS’s diverse and broadly based membership – including judges, lawyers and members of the public – promotes fair and impartial courts through research, publications, education and advocacy for judicial reform. The work of AJS focuses primarily on judicial ethics, judicial selection, access to justice, criminal justice reform, and the jury system.
Note: The above description is taken from ajs.org's main webpage.