28 U.S.C. § 637
Training
The Federal Judicial Center shall conduct periodic training programs and seminars for both full-time and part-time United States magistrate judges, including an introductory training program for new magistrate judges, to be held within one year after initial appointment.
( June 25, 1948, ch. 646 , 62 Stat. 917 ; Pub. L. 90–578, title I, § 101 , Oct. 17, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1114 ; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321 , Dec. 1, 1990 , 104 Stat. 5117 .)