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In a special ceremony, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd joined the Hon. Timothy F. McCune, Veterans Treatment Court (...

December 14

Civil cases resolve disputes between or among people, organizations or the government, wherein the rights of each party are decide...

December 14

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania today announced the election of Judge P. Kevin Brobson as its next president judge. Brobso...

December 09

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Advisory Council on Elder Justice in the Courts issued a statement today, calling on all Pe...

November 29

Committed to access to justice for Pennsylvanians with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, along wi...

November 09

Pennsylvania’s veteran population ranks fourth in the U.S. with 814,000 veterans as of 2019. Since 2009, Pennsylvania’......

November 08

Committed to access to justice for Pennsylvanians with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, along wi

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October 27

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

October 16

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

October 05

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

September 11

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

September 08

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

September 02

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

August 28

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

August 20

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

July 17

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

June 12

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

May 15

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

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

May 14

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

May 08

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

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...

April 28

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

April 27

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

April 21

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

April 20

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

April 01

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

March 26

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

March 25

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

March 18

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

March 17

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

March 16

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

March 13

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

March 13

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

March 12

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

February 13

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

January 09