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Over 39,000 new protection from Abuse (PFA) orders were filed statewide in 2019. A PFA is a civil court order that protects victim...

Oct 16

In an effort to help judges navigate the complex issues involved in guardianship cases, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Adv...

Oct 05

Drug delivery resulting in death (DDRD) charges statewide have increased by 356 percent between 2015 and 2019. In Pennsylvania, a...

Sep 11

The following statement is released on behalf of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, David Wec...

Sep 08

Pennsylvania’s Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) is advising the public to stay vigilant against a recentl...

Sep 02

Following a comprehensive review of security measures and vulnerabilities at magisterial district court offices statewide, a repor...

Aug 28

In Pennsylvania, there was a 32 percent increase in school zone traffic violations from 2018-2019. Over the last five years, 32,08...

Aug 20

Over the past few years, 52 percent of animal abuse offenses filed in Pennsylvania were for neglect of an animal, with 41 percent...

Jul 17

Since Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate Law took effect last year on June 28, 2019, over 34 million cases and nearly 47 million off...

Jun 12

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania will hear its first oral arguments via video conference next week on Mon. May 18, Wed. May 20 a...

May 15

Amid the continued COVID-19 outbreak, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania today announced it will continue using advanced communica...

May 15

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today announced the Court’s plan to conduct the upcoming May argument session by live-stream...

May 14

Amid ongoing COVID-19 mitigation efforts, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court today announced its oral argument schedule for M...

May 08

In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, the Pennsylvania courts today released an infographic highlighting data re...

May 08

Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Thomas G. Saylor is asking lawyers to support the Commonwealth’s civil legal aid programs by p...

May 04

In an Order issued today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court directed county courts to restore a wider range of operations, while givi...

Apr 28

Committed to maintaining publicly accessible court proceedings, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court today announced it will ho...

Apr 27

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), is launching a statewide initiativ...

Apr 21

Pennsylvania distracted driving citations decreased by 10 percent statewide from 2018 to 2019. Distracted driving citations in Pen...

Apr 20

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht released the following information related to COVID-19.    Upon profes...

Apr 01

While the Pennsylvania courts remain temporarily closed to the public per the March 18 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Order, emer...

Mar 26

Amid continued COVID-19 mitigation efforts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today canceled the upcoming oral argument session sched...

Mar 25

In an effort to further restrict potential COVID-19 exposure within the courts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today announced tha...

Mar 18

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht released the following information related to COVID-19. Upon returning from ove...

Mar 17

Amid COVID-19 mitigation efforts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today declared a statewide judicial emergency effective unti...

Mar 16

In recognition of National Women’s History Month, March is an ideal time to look at the history of women in the Pennsylvania...

Mar 13

Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Geoff Moulton today announced public access to the Pennsylvania Judicial Center (PJC) in Harri...

Mar 13

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt today announced the rescheduling of upcoming Commonwealth Cour...

Mar 12

Pennsylvania Courts facilitated 41,038 requests for interpreters in 2018 statewide – 77 percent of which were for Spanish. T...

Feb 14

In the first five years since Pennsylvania’s first comprehensive human-trafficking law (Act 105) took effect in 2014, 586 hu...

Jan 10