Cover Page and Headlines

Preface from the Court Administrator

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System

Overview of the Pennsylvania Judicial System

• A Brief History of the Courts of Pennsylvania

• The Structure of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System

• Judicial Qualifications, Election, Tenure, Vacancies

• Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

• Judicial Computer Project

Advisory Boards and Committees

• Apellate Court Procedural Rules Committee

  Board of Law Examiners

• Civil Procedural Rules Committee

• Committee for Proposed Standard Jury Instructions

• Continuing Legal Education Board

• Criminal Procedural Rules Committee

• Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court
  • Actions 1973-96 (Table)
  • Action Comparisons (Chart)

• Domestic Relations Committee

• Interest on Lawyers Trust Account Board

• Minor Court Rules Committee

• Minor Judiciary Education Board

• Orphans' Court Rules Committee

• Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security

Court Finances - Fiscal Year 1995-96

The Directory 1996

• Appellate Courts
  
• Appellate Courts Senior Judges
  
• Common Pleas Courts
  
• Common Pleas Courts Senior Judges
  
• Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Special Courts
  
• District Justices
  
• Senior District Justices
  

Court Administrators

Administrative Office

Judicial Districts

Glossary