Courthouse Visits | CONNECTIONS

We encourage school groups and community organizations to visit our courthouses to learn firsthand about the work of the court from the judges and staff of the courts. Listen to our judges discuss their vital role in our government. View presentations about the history of our courts and the architecture of our courthouses. Hear from the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Attorney's Offices, Pre-trial and Probation Offices, and Federal Defenders. View:

Courthouse history, facts, photos
Explanations of famous cases
Educational resources about jury service

Learn more about the federal courts in the Sixth Circuit here.

Judge Michael Newman visits with Fairmount High School Students

On October 19, 2018, students from Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio near Dayton visited the Federal Courthouse for a morning court camp to hear from the federal judges and meet court personnel. Some of the students pose with Judge Michael Newman, his career law clerk Michael Rhinehart and term law clerk Taylor Gamm, and two representatives from the Dayton Bar Association who attended the event – Executive Director Sally Dunker and Steven Tyler Wright.

Judge Michael Newman Meets Tippacanoe High School Students

Judge Michael J. Newman of the Southern District of Ohio and Career Law Clerk Michael Rhinehart meet with students from Tippecanoe High School (Tipp City, Ohio) at the United States Courthouse in Dayton, Ohio on March 9, 2018.

Judge Michael Newman Meets Fairmount High School Students

Judge Michael J. Newman of the Southern District of Ohio and Career Law Clerk Michael Rhinehart meet with students from Fairmont High School (Kettering, Ohio) at the United States Courthouse in Dayton, Ohio on March 2, 2018.

Judge Newman Promotes Civics Education

On January 10, 2018, Federal Bar Association National President Kip Bollin; United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio and past Federal Bar Association President Hon. Michael J. Newman; Randy Sentman, a Social Studies teacher at Tippecanoe High School in Tipp City, Ohio; and United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio career law clerk Michael Rhinehart appeared on the WVXU-FM public radio show "Cincinnati Edition" to promote the Federal Bar Association's national civics outreach program. While on the program they discussed civics education and student field trips to a federal courthouse.

Judge Newman, WVXU Public Radio producer Selena Reder, and Mike Rhinehart, Esq. were photographed after taping "Cincinnati Edition."

For teachers who would like to participate in the civics project, please call Michael Rhinehart at 937-512-1640.