Five years ago, state court leaders from across the country convened at the 2012 National Summit on Language Access in the Courts, where representatives from 49 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia were present. The 2013 release of the publication A National Call to Action: Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient Litigants outlined a set of nine …
Read MoreIn July, the National Association for Court Management (NACM) and the International Association for Court Administration (IACA) held a joint conference outside of Washington, D.C. With funding from SJI, NACM live-streamed conference sessions and archived its 2017 annual conference content. The joint IACA-NACM conference was an incredible success, with over 900 attendees, faculty, and exhibitors …
Read MoreA new Language of Justice Institute is now available. The Institute is a joint project of Widener University’s Delaware Law School, the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (FJD-Philadelphia County Courts), and the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), and was funded in part by SJI. The purpose of the Institute is to provide a …
Read MoreTransforming Our Civil Justice System for the 21st Century: A Roadmap for Implementation provides guidance to state courts who are answering the Call to Action from the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) following their endorsement of the Report and Recommendations of the CCJ Civil Justice Improvements Committee. With …
Read MoreThe Courting Justice Listening Tour, which was hosted by Tavis Smiley on PBS, and supported by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the State Justice Institute (SJI), concluded its multi-city town hall-style sessions late last year. An archive of programs and content exists on both the Tavis Smiley Show page and the NCSC …
Read MoreOver the past several years, the MacArthur Foundation has provided significant funding to support the Models for Change initiative, which has identified and developed juvenile justice reform efforts and programs across the U.S. Beginning in 2013, MacArthur transitioned to a “legacy phase” which developed Resource Centers for juvenile justice focused on specific areas of reform. …
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