ABA asks federal judiciary to drop term 'court-appointed master,' citing negative connotations

ABA President Mary Smith is asking the federal judiciary to drop the term “court-appointed master” from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because it is “a very poor term and a very poor description.”

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