The Board met on September 5, 2014, to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of 15 grants. Two (2) Strategic Initiatives Grants (SIG) were approved: 1) support for the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to establish a national call center that will assist state courts in providing Virtual Remote Interpreting …
Read MoreAn article in the recent 2014 Trends in State Courts publication, from the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), focuses on the influx of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) in the state courts. The article, authored by David Slayton, Administrative Director of the Courts at the Texas Office of Court Administration, examines three critical areas: 1) …
Read MoreThe NCSC Model Time Standards for Appellate Courts are now available online. The project to revise time to disposition standards for appellate court cases, was funded by SJI, and was an initiative of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA). Steered by a project committee of ten, including …
Read MoreThe National Association for Court Management (NACM) has spent the past year overhauling its distance learning platforms and updating, or creating, new content for court management professionals. With SJI support, NACM recently released ethics modules (SJI-14-N-010). These modules provide valuable instruction using PowerPoint slides, videos, and facilitator notes. The self-paced modules allow learners to use …
Read MoreAn electronic version of the National Association for Court Management (NACM) Guide to Addressing Human Trafficking in the State Courts is now available online. The HT Guide was produced by the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative, an initiative funded by SJI. The release of the downloadable, 11-chapter, electronic version of the HT Guide …
Read MoreThe Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) recently released a Resource Guide for court-based self-help programs. Developed through an SJI Grant (SJI-12-P-086), this guide is intended to facilitate and support cooperation and coordination between the state courts and state Title IV-D child support agencies (IV-D agencies) to provide self-help services to parents and others who are navigating …
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