For news about the courts, the law, and the legal community, consult either Law News Network or FindLaw Legal News . To get an overview of the structure and process of the federal judiciary, read through the hypertext document, Understanding the Federal Courts . For a look at the current state of the judicial system, review issues of The Third Branch , a monthly newsletter published by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. To get statistical information on the legal system, go to the Bureau of Justice Statistics , where you will find an array of statistics on crime, sentencing, and the judiciary.
Judicial selection is an important aspect of the legal system that political scientists study.
The judiciary makes policy largely through its decisions. The homepages and decisions of other courts are linked to U.S. Federal Courts Finder .