Justice-system involvement for those with mental illness has broad-reaching implications. For courts and communities to effectively respond to individuals with mental and behavioral health issues who are involved in the justice system requires committed stakeholders across a spectrum of services and time. In collaboration with Arizona’s Fair Justice Subcommittee on Mental Health and the Criminal …
Read MoreWhen the Texas courts revised ways for economically disadvantaged people to resolve minor offenses — such as traffic tickets — by reviewing the defendants’ ability to pay, they got an unexpected result: court collections jumped by nearly 7 percent. NCSC board member and Texas Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht has been leading this effort, along …
Read MoreOn November 15, 2018, SJI Board member Jonathan Lippman was among five inducted into the Warren E. Burger Society. Burger Society membership is reserved for individuals who have volunteered their time, talent, and support to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in exceptional ways. Chief Judge Lippman (ret.) is currently Of Counsel for Latham & Watkins, …
Read MoreThe fact that nearly half of all marriages end in divorce means that a lot of Americans end up in family courts, but many of those courts are not equipped to meet the needs of today’s families, according to a new study by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), the Institute for the Advancement …
Read MoreThe opioid epidemic has had a devastating impact on families, especially on the children of parents who abuse substances. SJI recently awarded the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) a grant to determine how state courts can best help the children who end up in the justice system because of family substance abuse. The grant …
Read MoreThe National Judicial Opioid Task Force (NJOTF), in collaboration with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center, will hold the second of three webinars in November. The series intends to help participants gain greater knowledge about how state court systems can, and already are, working with prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to …
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