The Justice Programs Office (JPO), a center in the School of Public Affairs at American University, in partnership with Right to Counsel (R2C) National Campaign consortium member the National Association for Court Management (NACM) partnered on a project which recently released its final report titled, Enhancing Caseflow Management to Ensure Effective Assistance of Counsel. With …
Read MoreThe National Initiative on Mental Illness and the Courts Advisory Committee is committed to improving both court and community responses to those with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. Supported by State Justice Institute (SJI) and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), the Committee publishes a bi-monthly Behavioral Health Alert and has compiled …
Read MoreWith grant support from SJI, technical assistance from the NCSC, and use of the podcast studio at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, the Georgia Superior Courts have established a thriving podcast. Centered on Georgia law and issues relevant statewide, judges J. Wade Padgett (Augusta Circuit) and Tain Kell (Cobb Circuit), enlist …
Read MoreIn December 2017, The National Center for State Courts (NCSC), with support from SJI, released the Elements of Judicial Excellence Framework. The framework was created to support a well-coordinated, evidence-based system of judicial professional development, and provides information court leaders can use when deciding how to structure judicial education, performance feedback programs, and mentoring programs for …
Read MoreThe Superior Court in Pima County, Arizona implemented the FASTAR Pilot Program in November 2017. The program was designed to address case management complaints concerning cases valued at $50,000 or less, which were automatically assigned to compulsory arbitration. Under the pilot program rules, cases eligible for compulsory arbitration could be assigned to expedited case management …
Read MoreLast month, SJI featured the culmination of a two-year project by the National Judicial Opioid Task Force (NJOTF). The report provided state courts nationwide with further information regarding the treatment of opioid-addicted defendants. Housed withing the National Center for State Court Library’s eCollection is the final report and several special-subject bench cards or bulletins, which …
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