Register now! Fair Housing Overview for State Courts Webinar: Monday, May 9th at 3PM EST. For over fifty years, the Fair Housing Act has protected individuals and families in the United States from housing discrimination. State court judges and subject matter experts at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
Read MoreA new analysis by the Utah Bar Foundation (UBF), conducted with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, uses state-collected court data on tens of thousands of credit card, medical, rent, and other debt-related cases to assess civil court processes and recommend improvements. Utah is one of the few states working to gather data on and address issues related …
Read MoreThe National Association of Counties (NACo) and its partners at Rulo Strategies and Praxis Consulting, has just announced the second round of participants for the Convening County, Court & Justice Leaders: A Framework for Cross-System Collaboration initiative. The initiative was launched in January 2022, with support from the State Justice Institute. It is designed to support county, court and justice leaders …
Read MoreIAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announced today that it is launching Allied Legal Professionals. With generous support from the Sturm Family Foundation, this project seeks to help standardize a new tier of legal professionals nationally—to increase the options for accessible and affordable legal help …
Read MoreSJI has just released the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request. To read more and download now: FY 2023 SJI Budget Request (2 MB)FY-2023-SJI-Budget-Request-1 (2 MB)
Read MoreThe National Association for Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers (NAPCO) has developed a monograph, funded by SJI, for use as a guide in structuring modern-day activities and functions for governing and leading state and local trial courts regardless of size or jurisdiction. It outlines the basic duties each of the court’s top court leaders …
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