Table of Contents       

• 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

Advisory Boards and Committees        

• Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee
• Board of Law Examiners
• Civil Procedural Rules Committee
• Committee for Proposed Standard Jury Instructions
• Committee on Rules of Evidence
• Continuing Legal Education Board
• Criminal Procedural Rules Committee
• Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court
• Actions 1973-03 (Table)
• Action Comparisons (Chart)
• Domestic Relations Committee
• Interest on Lawyers Trust Account Board
• Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee
• Minor Court Rules Committee
• Minor Judiciary Education Board
• Orphans' Court Rules Committee
• Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security



• Court Finances - Fiscal Year 2003-04

• 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