INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Nation's Courts Online --
the nation's courts at your fingertips! 

Nation's Courts Online is your guide to the nation's judiciary and new litigation.
Its comprehensive directory listings and reference material provide
quick-and-easy access to the nation's federal, state and county courts.
Listings updated on a continuous basis.

Nation's Court's Online is intended as an easy-to-use reference guide for those interested in the U.S. court system and important new litigation.

Those who will find Nation's Court's Online useful and instructive include attorneys, paralegals, law students and members of the general public who pay attention to the nation's judiciary and legal issues.

Nation's Courts Online consists of five major services: 

(1) A comprehensive directory of the nation's federal, state, and county courts and their websites, including judicial confirmations (or rejections) as they occur, and a complete list of federal court vacancies and those nominated to fill these vacancies plus biographical information on federal nominees and sitting judges.

(2) Case Filings Alert, featuring important new litigation filed in courts around the country, and MDL Cases, focusing on multidistrict litigation (mass torts).

(3) Federal and State Court Organization Charts. The state charts provide comprehensive jurisdictional information at each court level of the state's judiciary, from the appellate courts of each state to that of the courts of general jurisdiction (the trial courts) to the courts of limited jurisdiction (family court, probate court, municipal court, etc.). 

(4) Explanatory material on the courts and how they operate.

(5) Federal and state website links are provided throughout for quick access to the information you seek.  

The courts play a vital role in our society, and we intend that Nation's Courts Online keep you informed and up-to-date.

Current Court Status: As of March 2, 2026, there are 38 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including none in the appellate courts and 37 in the district courts and 1 in the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade. There are 4 nominees pending to fill these vacancies, all of the nominees being to the district courts. 

Thus far in Trump's second term, there have been 33 confirmations, 6 in the appellate courts and 27 in the district courts.
 
For additional details, see, Weekly Judicial Update.

Editor: Robert S. Want
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