Courts across the country have experienced a significant increase in the number of cases involving self-represented litigants. To assist in meeting the demand for additional resources, the Court Statistics Project (CSP), with support from SJI, recently released a report titled, Developing Standardized Definitions and Counting Rules for Cases with Self-Represented Litigants, (SJI-12-P-084). CSP, a joint …
Read MoreThe Board met on December 9, 2013, to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of 14 grants. Four (4) Project Grants were approved, including: educational programming for the National Association for Court Management (NACM); a court clerk workload assessment for the King County, Washington, District Court; a pretrial and probation services …
Read MoreOn December 5, 2013, the Conference of Chief Justices/National Association for Court Management (COSCA/NACM) Joint Technology Committee (JTC) received the first report of a Working Group appointed to develop national technology standards for jury automation. The JTC Jury Standards Working Group is comprised of representatives from JTC, the Court Information Technology Officers Consortium (CITOC), the …
Read MoreDeveloped with support from SJI, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently released a report titled, Courthouse Violence in 2010-2012, Lessons Learned (SJI-13-T-089). Through review of six tragic incidents of violence in court facilities or on premises occurring between December 2011 and February 2013, the report provides judges, court administrators, and security officers with …
Read MoreThrough an SJI Strategic Initiatives Grant, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) have developed case triage protocols for cases involving self-represented litigants, and developed a report offering best practices for the collection of litigant information. This innovative project will provide a basis for system redesign towards quickly and effectively …
Read MoreThe Board met on September 9, 2013, to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of 12 grants. Eight (8) Technical Assistance (TA) Grants were approved, including: an operational improvement initiative for the 3rd Judicial District Court of Kansas; a review of probate and guardianship procedures for the 2nd Judicial District Court …
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