Abstract
To help repair the deficit in what we know about appellate courts' internal administration, this article examines the work of a chief judge of a large circuit. The article focuses on the work of Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, chief judge of the Ninth Circuit, 1988-91, and is based primarily on Judge Goodwin's files. The chief judge's tasks are divided into three sets. Those which are internal include tasks related to being chief judge of the court of appeals, including presiding over cases, supervising court staff, and conducting meetings of the court and its executive committee, and those related to being chief judge of the circuit, such as presiding over the Circuit Council and Circuit Judicial Conference, supervising the circuit executive, and dealing with district courts. External tasks encompass relations with the national court system, executive branch, and members of Congress.
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