News

2014

List by Year

Special counsel releases report

The report of the special counsel to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania regarding email exchanges with the Office of Attorney Gener...

December 18

AOPC receives court statistics reporting excellence award

A special tool Pennsylvania uses to collect and manage information from hundreds of thousands of civil cases filed annually has...

December 11

New rules adopted to enhance court reporting services

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has adopted a comprehensive set of new rules governing court reporting operations to standardi...

December 03

Court data confirms: number of dependent Pennsylvania children safely remaining in their homes or with family continues to increase

Children under the supervision of Pennsylvania’s courts and child welfare system are safely remaining at home or being pla...

November 19

Elder Law Task Force delivers report with recommendations to aid Supreme Court in protecting elders from abuse and neglect

New office will help improve how elders interact with the court system The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a blueprint...

November 16

Judge Murphy to lead Philadelphia Family Court Division

A supervisory judge with nearly 30 years of experience in family matters was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to over...

November 04

Justice McCaffery Retires

Justice Seamus P. McCaffery retired today from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Related documents: Order Concu

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October 27

Philadelphia Family Court Judge Kevin M. Dougherty named Administrative Judge of Trial Division

A supervisory judge whose 10-year career on the bench has been distinguished by his service to strengthening Pennsylvania childr...

October 22

Online information to assist those wishing to represent themselves now available

Free online information is available to assist the growing number of Pennsylvanians who want to file their own family law cases...

October 02

Pennsylvania Courts reduce backlog of civil cases by 19 percent

A two-year data review by Pennsylvania’s courts has reduced the backlog of civil cases by 19 percent and has required that...

September 29

Brightening the surroundings of those who’d rather be elsewhere

A day that began like any other in the Norristown courtroom of Montgomery County Judge Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio sparked a nove...

September 25

Supreme Court Adopts Changes to Conduct Rules for MDJs

Magisterial district judges now have new guidelines to govern their actions both on the bench and outside the courtroom....

September 18

Supreme Court continues to strengthen rules to protect kids in court

Masters and hearing officers who hear cases in juvenile court will be required to meet consistent experience, education and trai...

September 11

Raising awareness when a lawyer is disciplined

The agency that regulates the practice of law in Pennsylvania is making it easier for the public to determine when an attorney i...

August 15

Updated Guide Issued for Child Dependency Matters

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is issuing an updated resource used by judges and others to help strengthen families and protect ch

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July 17

Justice Seamus McCaffery selected to PA Military and Veterans Affairs Hall of Fame

Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery has been selected as an inductee to the 2013 Pennsylvania Department of Military and V...

July 14

Newly launched website supports Pennsylvania’s attorneys and civil legal aid

A website redesigned to better serve attorneys, financial institutions and others who support civil legal aid for the state&rsqu...

July 11

Supreme Court justice, lawyers and news media to hold forum at Penn State Lehigh Valley

Jurists, lawyers, journalists and academics will hold a forum on technology and privacy issues that is free and open to the publ...

July 10

Additional PA case data now interactive

Pennsylvania’s judiciary has unveiled the second in a series of interactive, Web-based data dashboards that will allow int...

June 21

Commonwealth Court to hold special session in Chester County

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania will hold a special session in West Chester at 9 a.m. on June 20 in Courtroom 1 of the Ches...

June 12

State courts caution against email hoax

The Pennsylvania judiciary is warning the public about a computer virus that is being delivered via email, falsely claiming to b...

June 06

Interactive statewide court financial data now online

Interactive graphics are now available online that show the amount of court fines, fees, costs and restitution collected annuall...

June 05

Justice Stevens lauds law enforcement grads

Supreme Court Justice Correale F. Stevens praised the role law enforcement plays in Pennsylvania communities during a specialize...

May 16

Superior Court to Hold Special Session in Lawrence County

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania will hold a special session in New Castle, Lawrence County on May 20 and 21. Court se...

May 15

Online option open now for PA attorneys to register

The Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania is reminding its 80,000 attorneys of the ability to register electronically through the s...

May 05

Online project to serve as court guide

An online self-help project is underway to guide the growing number of Pennsylvanians who are filing their own family law cases....

April 24

Treatment Courts Eyed as Weapon in War on Drugs

State lawmakers looking for ways to curb drug-related crime heard representatives of the Pennsylvania court system offer possibl...

April 03

Chief Justice Castille Asks Lawyers to Support Access to Justice for All

During his final year on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille is making his last for...

April 02

Looking for your case? We've got 27 million court records online

Search court case information using the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania’s Web Portal. Anyone can find and view t...