Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Does not pass

• Monitor proceedings to ensure that all applicable rules and procedures are followed.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 14.1% of the role's time · $515M

• Read documents on pleadings and motions to ascertain facts and issues.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 11.1% of the role's time · $405M

• Interpret and enforce rules of procedure or establish new rules in situations where there are no procedures already established by law.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 8.2% of the role's time · $301M

• Advise attorneys, juries, litigants, and court personnel regarding conduct, issues, and proceedings.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.0% of the role's time · $294M

• Preside over hearings and listen to allegations made by plaintiffs to determine whether the evidence supports the charges.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 6.5% of the role's time · $240M

• Write decisions on cases.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.8% of the role's time · $213M

• Issue arrest warrants.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.8% of the role's time · $212M

• Rule on admissibility of evidence and methods of conducting testimony.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.5% of the role's time · $202M

• Settle disputes between opposing attorneys.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 4.8% of the role's time · $175M

• Rule on custody and access disputes, and enforce court orders regarding custody and support of children.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.3% of the role's time · $157M

• Supervise other judges, court officers, and the court's administrative staff.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 4.0% of the role's time · $146M

• Research legal issues and write opinions on the issues.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.8% of the role's time · $141M

• Sentence defendants in criminal cases, on conviction by jury, according to applicable government statutes.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.4% of the role's time · $123M

• Participate in judicial tribunals to help resolve disputes.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 2.7% of the role's time · $97.3M

• Conduct preliminary hearings to decide issues, such as whether there is reasonable and probable cause to hold defendants in felony cases.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 2.4% of the role's time · $88.6M

• Grant divorces and divide assets between spouses.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 2.3% of the role's time · $84.6M

• Impose restrictions upon parties in civil cases until trials can be held.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 2.2% of the role's time · $80.5M

• Award compensation for damages to litigants in civil cases in relation to findings by juries or by the court.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 2.0% of the role's time · $72.9M

• Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.3% of the role's time · $47.4M

• Provide information regarding the judicial system or other legal issues through the media and public speeches.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 1.0% of the role's time · $35.9M

• Perform wedding ceremonies.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.8% of the role's time · $29.7M