The Federal First Instance Court (Amharic: የፌድራል የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ፍርድ ቤት) is the first-level court division in Ethiopia.

Without prejudice to juridical law vested in other organs, the Federal First Instance Courts have jurisdiction in every province (awraja) or woreda courts as well as increasingly in the two chartered cities Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.

Under sub-article 2(a) (b) new replacement of Article 16: (a) Without prejudice to power vested on the Federal Judicial Administration Commission, place as well as assign and administer judges of Federal Courts: 6.

Article 23 hereby deleted and replaced by the following new Article 23: The Addis Ababa City Charter established two city courts responsible to municipal jurisdiction: the First Instance and Appellate Courts.

[8] In social court system, there is fundamental error of law of decisions in the First Instance, and then put forward to Appellate Court of the city.