Last 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 …
Read MoreWith grant support from SJI, the Fulton County Magistrate Court (FCMC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, received funding in 2017 through the National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) Civil Justice Initiative for a demonstration pilot project to implement and test reforms on high-volume civil dockets. The FCMC caseload consists primarily of small claims (up to $15,000), …
Read MoreBe sure to listen to court leaders share their stories about the Court Improvement Program (CIP), in a series of podcasts, moderated by Bill DeLisio, Colorado’s Family Law Program manager. CIP provides federal money to help families at risk or in crisis. DeLisio conducted the 10 interviews at the National Judicial Leadership Summit on Child …
Read MoreUnderscored by recent research from the ABA’s Commission of Women, which highlighted the need to address workplace-related sexual harassment, the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) received a grant from SJI in develop and deliver educational programming for the legal community. NAWJ’s #WeToo in the Legal Workplace program provides content specifically for judges and other …
Read MoreAfter more than two years of work, the SJI-supported National Judicial Opioid Task Force (NJOTF) this week released a report that lays the groundwork for state courts nationwide to treat opioid-addicted defendants more like patients than criminals by using a combination of counseling services and medicated-assisted treatment. The release of the report was attended by …
Read MoreThe woman’s last name was called a few times in Collin County Court in north Texas before she finally appeared, 15 minutes late, with a baby in her arms and tears in her eyes. As Ben White (pictured in center), the court’s senior IT manager, watched her rush into the courtroom, he assumed the woman …
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