Federal Judiciary Library

Judicial Conference Policy on Judges' Attendance
at Privately Funded Educational Programs

• FAQs for Educational Program Providers
• Overview of the Privately Funded Seminars Disclosure System - How it works for the Judges, educational program providers, and public.
• Privately Funded Seminars Disclosure System
• Policy (pdf) - The Judicial Conference adopted a private seminars disclosure reporting policy that requires educational program providers and judges to disclose certain information relevant to judges' attendance at privately-funded educational programs.

  Any organization covered by the policy that issues an invitation on or after January 1, 2007 (for a program commencing after that date), to a federal judge to attend an educational program as a speaker, panelist, or attendee and offers to pay for or reimburse that judge, in excess of $305, must disclose financial and programmatic information.
  The list of providers is posted for public viewing.

• Statement of Purpose