The SJI Board of Directors met on September 21, 2015, at the Supreme Court of Texas in Austin to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of ten (10) new grants. The Board awarded a Strategic Initiatives Grant (SIG) to support the National Conservatorship Accounting Project. Through this project, the National Center …
Read MoreSupported by SJI, the New Mexico Center for Language Access at the Administrative Office of the Courts, initiated and developed a portal for obtaining language access training in the courts. The Language Access Basic Training (LABT) Suite consists of interactive modules that provide introduction to language access for both monolingual and bilingual court staff. The …
Read MoreEarlier this month, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) released its 2015 Trends in State Courts. The annual publication highlighted leadership and technology featuring several articles in covering each area. Featured in the article “Litigant Portals Provide a New Approach to Help Self-Represented Litigants,” by Dr. Thomas Clarke, is mention of an SJI grant (SJI-14-P-041) to the …
Read MoreWith support from SJI, the Center for Court Innovation (CCI) has just released its latest resource for state courts and communities, Responding to Sex Trafficking in Your Jurisdiction: A Planning Toolkit. This toolkit offers a step-by-step process to help courts and communities assess their current approaches to human trafficking and prostitution, and develop or enhance …
Read MoreIn May, Judge Gayle Nachtigal received the 2015 Emma C. McKinney Distinguished Citizen award from the Hillsboro, Oregon Chamber of Commerce. The award is presented every year in honor of the longtime Hillsboro Argus matriarch. The Argus will make a $500 donation to a nonprofit organization of Judge Nachtigal’s choice. Judge Nachtigal currently serves as …
Read MoreThe House Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Subcommittee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2016 CJS bill on May 14, 2015, which included SJI’s full request totaling $5,121,000 (the same level as FY 2015). The bill was subsequently approved by the full Appropriations Committee on May 20th, and the House on June 4th. The Senate CJS …
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