The American Bar Association has launched a new online system to alert the media and public about key developments in important cases in the nation's federal appellate courts.
Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals is sponsored by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements. It represents a collaborative effort to broadly disseminate timely, accurate and unbiased information about noteworthy and legally significant cases in the federal courts of appeals. The site will be updated daily with postings on key decisions and alerts on upcoming cases.
The project, founded by Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, grew out of a shared concern between journalists and the judiciary that reporting about federal courts has been declining. The site targets the media, but also will serve as a resource for lawyers, educators and the public.
Federal courts of appeals, which are at the level just below the United States Supreme Court, hear direct appeals from both federal trial courts and federal administrative agencies. Of the 11 geographically drawn circuits, the new Web site initially will highlight decisions from the Third, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits, then eventually expand to include the rest of the circuits.
For more information, including how cases will be identified for notifications, visit ABAnews.org.
Note: To locate the alert system from the ABA home page, go to Member Resources > Find: Sections, Divisions, Forums and Committees > ABA Committees, Commissions and Task Forces > Federal Judicial Improvements (in dropdown).
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