Court Rules

Court Rules data stories

Explore evidence found in stored court rules and holiday calendars, with counts by court, methods and dated CSV downloads.

Pre-motion conference requirements

Reviewed text requires a letter, court conference or conference request before at least one kind of substantive motion for 132 of 516 eligible federal judge-court entries in the 19 covered federal districts (25.6 percent).

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Junior lawyer participation incentives

Documents linked to 149 of 516 eligible federal judge-court entries invite or encourage junior lawyers to participate in court, or provide an experience-linked procedural benefit.

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Opening-brief page limits within federal districts

We found an eligible opening-brief page ceiling in 122 of 516 judge-court entries with their own rule-bearing documents in the 19 covered federal districts, within an active roster of 574 entries.

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2027 court holiday calendars

Among the 360 calendars with some 2027 dates, 314 list a weekday outside the federal observed-holiday baseline.

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AI disclosure orders tracker

Stored documents require AI disclosure or human-review certification for 35 of 516 federal judge-court entries with their own rule-bearing documents in the 19 covered districts.

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