Releases & Advisories

On Monday, February 1, 1971, the DC Courts held a ceremonial joint opening session, taking back authority from the federal courts and consolidating a number of smaller municipal courts.  The DC Superior Court officially came into being on that day, ...

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While DC Superior Court monitors the pandemic and is following guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control ("the CDC") and the DC Department of Health, it is also preparing for when a resumption of operations occurs next year.  One of the changes...

DC Superior Court and DC Child & Family Services Agency Go Virtual This Year!

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is initiating a pilot project to post selected briefs on the Internet.

Chief Judge Anna Blackburne Rigsby of the DC Court of Appeals and Chief Judge  Anita Josey-Herring of the DC Superior Court have released the ninth annual Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, recognizing the contributions of those DC Bar members and others...

The DC Court of Appeals has announced that, in light of pandemic conditions, the February 2021 DC Bar Exam will be a remote exam, and will be the Uniform Bar Exam (recognized by 38 jurisdictions, including DC).  The Court is cognizant that Mayor Bowser...

  Judge Anita Josey-Herring's investiture as Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia will occur, remotely, on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 4pm.  US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will read the Commission and DC Superior Court...

Part of Comprehensive Access to Justice Initiative, Courts Offer Remote Locations for Those Without Computers at Home

The DC Court of Appeals today issued an order granting, in part, the request included in an emergency petition to allow law school graduates to practice law in DC without taking the bar exam ("diploma privilege"). On July 16, 2020, a Petition for...