Russian Officials Visit U.S. on Judicial Study Tour
From July 20-28, the USAID-supported Russian-American Judicial Partnership and the Open World program hosted a group of five judicial officials from the Russian Supreme Court's Judicial Department in Washington, D.C. and Portland, Maine. The visitors included officials from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and Astrakhan. During the tour, the delegates met with federal judges and court personnel and received detailed briefings on the U.S. federal and state court systems, the role of the Administrative Office of the U.S. courts, the status and role of the clerk of court, budgeting and finance, the use of automated case-assignment systems and electronic case filing. In addition, the US Marshal's Service described court security.
The Judicial Department administers the Russian courts of general jurisdiction, which includes over 25,000 judges and justices of the peace in approximately 2,500 district and 88 oblast and Republic-level courts as well as 146 military courts.
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| Delegates met with Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in
Washington, DC |
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