Applications Due: July 31st, 2023 RURAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE (RJC) Rural communities face unique challenges that impact their ability to deliver fair and equitable justice. Despite these challenges, rural communities rely on their many strengths to address the needs of their residents. The RJC is designed to highlight the success found in rural justice systems. More …
Read MoreIAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announced today that it released its new The Past and Future of State Court Civil Filings report. This report provides important new insights into long-term filing trends and areas where courts may need resource shifts, like declining tort and …
Read MoreEviction dockets are often fast-paced and high-volume, which can create challenges for the overwhelming numbers of litigants appearing without counsel and struggling to understand the legal process and their options. Judges from three different jurisdictions will describe how they have adopted principles of active judging to increase understanding, ensure due process, and expand access to …
Read MoreThe Justice Management Institute (JMI), in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), is proud to introduce two groundbreaking publications designed to support jurisdictions with criminal justice coordinating councils (CJCCs). The first publication, entitled National Standards for Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils, offers a comprehensive framework for jurisdictions to create or improve a coordinating council. …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, June 5, 2023, at 1:00 PM MT. The purpose of this meeting is to consider grant applications for the 3rd quarter of FY 2023, and other business. ADDRESS: The Supreme Court of Wyoming, 2301 Capitol Avenue Room 237, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Read MoreApplication Deadline: June 30th, 2023 Background: In 2016, the Conference of Chief Justices/Conference of State Court Administrators (CCJ/COSCA) established the National Task Force on Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices to:-develop recommendations and tools to promote the fair and efficient enforcement of the law;-ensure no person is denied access to the justice system based on race, …
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