Empirical Research: Courts, Judges & Lawyers

General Materials

United States Supreme Court

Federal Courts of Appeal

Federal District Courts

State Courts

Foreign & International

• The History of the Federal Judiciary: includes some statistics on judicial salaries and judicial diversity.

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: includes statistics on corrections, courts, sentencing and probation.

• United States Courts Statistics: includes statistics on federal judicial caseloads, court managements and bankruptcy.

• Statistical Resources from the American Bar Association: information on law firm size, law firm diversity. lawyer demographics & salaries.

• National Association for Law Placement: contains statistics on salaries, recruitment and hiring and diversity.

• Judicial Education Data: judicial branch education programming information from state and national provider.

• The Spaeth Supreme Court database: contains over 200 pieces of information for cases decided by the court from 1953 to 2023.

• US Supreme Court Amicus Curiae Database: this website contains a number of different datasets on different aspects of the US Supreme Court.

• The US Supreme Court Justices Database contains information on individuals nominated (whether confirmed or not) to the US Supreme Court, starting with John Jay and continuing to Sonia Sotomayor.  There are 263 variables in the categories of background characteristics, nomination and confirmation, service on the court and departure from the bench.

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• US Federal Courts of Appeals database: includes opinions from Federal Circuit Courts from 1901 to present. 

• Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 1970-2000: data originate from 94 district and 12 appellate courts offices.

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• Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 1970-2000: data originate from 94 district and 12 appellate courts offices. 
• US District Courts - map, population, and links to websites.  Data compiled from the US Census Bureau and US District Courts.

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• State Supreme Court Data Project: contains information on State Supreme court decisions from 1995-1998.

• Court Statistics Project from the National Center for State Courts: includes information on state courts' structure and caseload.

• Judicial Elections Data Initiative: collects data on elections to state courts of last resort from 1990 to 2010.

• The State Court Organization data series: information on the structure and framework of state trial and appellate courts.  Includes information on selection and service requirements of judges, the governance, finance and administration of the judicial branch and the composition and workings of state juries.  Data were collected in 1980, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2004 and 2011.

• State Court Districts: from the US Census bureau, this site provides the State Court districts for each state.  The Brennan Center for Justice provides data on judicial selection. 

• National Census of State Court Prosecutors: located on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website, these reports provide information on prosecutorial activities nationwide.

• Punitive Damage Awards in Large Counties and Punitive Damage Awards in State Courts: by Thomas Cohen.

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• European Court of Human Rights: statistics on cases and violations from 1959-2025. 

• Court of Justice of the European Union: the annual report of the ECJ includes statistics on the activitie of the Court of Justice as well as the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.  Reports go back to 1997.

• Statistics Canada: created by the Canadian government's statistical agency, this website has surveys on a number of court-related issues such as youth courts, correctional services, and criminal and civil courts.

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