Operating StatusCourt of Appeals
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4/8/2025 M284-24: ORDER adopting D.C. Bar’s amendments to the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct.
1/27/2025 Joint Committee Order Increasing CJA CCAN and Guardianship Annual Compensation Limit
12/10/2024 M288-24: Notice Concerning Amendments to D.C. App. R. 44; Submit Comments by Feb. 10, 2025
11/22/2024 ORDER reappointing Senior Judge Glickman to the Court of Appeals
11/19/2024 D.C. July 2025 Bar Exam Announcement: Registration for the July 2025 bar exam will open on March 1, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and close on March 31, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, unless seating capacity is filled sooner. There will be 2,200 seats available for this exam on a first-come, first served basis. There is no late registration period. Seats will be set aside for individuals who do not pass the February 2025 exam.
6/17/2024 Amended Order Concerning Public Access to Certain Briefs, Orders, and Motions
4/17/2024 M-271-21: Amended Public Access to Documents Order
4/11/2024 M-282-24: Amended Order Promulgating Rule Amendments re: Modernization and new D.C. App. R. 46-B
Congress established the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as the highest court of the District of Columbia in 1970. The court consists of a chief judge and eight associate judges. The court is assisted by the service of retired judges who have been recommended and approved as senior judges.
As the highest court for the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals is authorized to review all final orders, judgments and specified interlocutory orders of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Court also has jurisdiction to review contested case decisions of administrative agencies, boards, and commissions of the District of Columbia government, as well as to answer questions of law certified by federal and state appellate courts. As authorized by Congress, the Court reviews proposed rules of the Superior Court and promulgates its own rules. Additionally, the Court oversees attorneys who are members of its Bar.
