{"id":86,"date":"2010-05-24T14:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/05\/24\/us-courts-web-site-gets-makeover\/"},"modified":"2010-05-24T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:51:30","slug":"us-courts-web-site-gets-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/05\/24\/us-courts-web-site-gets-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Courts Web site gets makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/05\/uscourtslogo.jpg\" title=\"U.S. Courts logo\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/05\/uscourtslogo.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Courts logo\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Following the recent revamping of the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s extremely dated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/\" title=\"U.S. Supreme Court\">Web site<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Home.aspx\" title=\"U.S. Courts\">uscourts.gov<\/a> just received a new, slicker interface.\u00a0 The new changes are primarily cosmetic but welcome&#8212;the site now has a cleaner, more sophisticated look with larger, size-adjustable font.\u00a0 The site is compatible with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.browsealoud.com\/page.asp?pg_id=80094\" title=\"BrowseAloud\">BrowseAloud<\/a>, a free program that audibly reads Web sites for people who have trouble reading the text.\u00a0 Other new editions include <a href=\"https:\/\/service.govdelivery.com\/service\/subscribe.html?code=USFEDCOURTS_7\" title=\"US Courts email updates\">email updates<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/rss\/newsRSS.xml\" title=\"US Courts RSS feed\">RSS feed<\/a> of news about the judicial branch of the federal government and videos (the Web site hosts some videos and has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uscourts\" title=\"US Courts Youtube channel\">YouTube channel<\/a>).\u00a0 Videos are directed toward a general audience and provide background information about the federal courts, working for the courts, and bankruptcy information, among other topics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Home.aspx\" title=\"uscourts.gov\">Uscourts.gov<\/a> provides news and information about the federal courts, job openings, judges, forms and fees, rules and policies, and educational resources, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/FormsAndFees\/Fees.aspx\" title=\"us courts filing fees\">filing fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/FormsAndFees\/Fees\/PostJudgementInterestRates.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts post-judgment interest rates\">post-judgment interest rates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Common\/Glossary.aspx\" title=\"Legal terms glossary\">legal term glossary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Court_Locator.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts locator\">court locator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/FederalCourts\/JuryService.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts jury service\">jury service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/RulesAndPolicies\/SubpoenaRegulations.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts subpoena regulations\">subpoena regulations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Statistics\/FederalJudicialCaseloadStatistics.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts caseload statistics\">caseload<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Statistics\/FederalCourtManagementStatistics.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts management statistics\">management<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/Statistics\/BankruptcyStatistics.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts bankruptcy statistics\">bankruptcy data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/RulesAndPolicies\/FederalRulemaking\/Overview.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts federal rulemaking\">federal rules of practice, procedure, and evidence and how they are made<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/JudgesAndJudgeships\/JudicialCompensation\/JudicialPayIncreaseFact.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts judicial compensation\">judicial compensation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/JudgesAndJudgeships\/BiographicalDirectoryOfJudges.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts biographical directory\">biographies of judges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/CourtRecords.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts-court records\">PACER court documents<\/a> (fee required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The site also offers text and videos explaining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/FederalCourts\/Bankruptcy.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts-bankruptcy\">bankruptcy<\/a> and the bankruptcy process and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/EducationalResources.aspx\" title=\"U.S. courts-educational resources\">resources for high school teachers<\/a> including material for mock trials.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share 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