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8/29/08

Performance Measurement of Drug Courts:
The State of the Art

Statewide Technical Assistance Bulletin Vol. 6This issue gives an update on innovations, the latest assessment results, and recommendations to advance the performance measurement of drug courts.

Statewide Technical Assistance Bulletin, Vol. 6

8/29/2008

Justice System Journal
Volume 29, Number 2


8/20/2008

Continuing Upward From the Summit -
Latest E-Newsletter
Volume 8 - July 2008

Newsletter Archive


6/23/2008

NCSC to launch Center for Elders and the Courts as a result of grant from Retirement Research Foundation


6/17/2008

ICM Congratulates CMP Graduates 

The Institute for Court Management wants to congratulate court participants from Arizona,  North Dakota and South Dakota   ICM has certified these court participants as Court Managers after completing the requirements of the Court Management Program in May. 


6/3/2008

Munsterman Honored With ABA's Jury System Impact Award 



5/15/2008

State Court Leaders Examine Their Role in Supporting Public Policy That Affects the Administration of Justice 

More than 60 state Supreme Court chief justices and state court administrators met in Philadelphia in May to discuss what role they should play in supporting and reforming public policy that affects the administration of justice.



4/17/2008

2007 Annual Report

The 2007 NCSC Annual Report is now available.


1/15/2008

Survey of Judicial Salaries

Volume 32, Number 2


11/9/2007

NCSC's Graphic Novel 
Justice Case Files

A series of illustrated novels created by the National Center for State Courts.  The first of this series, The Case of Internet Piracy, is now available.

 

TO ORDER 


10/4/2007

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Website

We are pleased to announce our new COOP Web site which includes an online Guide and worksheets to help courts develop their own COOP plans.


10/1/2007

Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts Website

We are pleased to announce the addition of the Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts website which includes an interactive database of state programs designed to address racial and ethnic fairness in five key areas.


3/19/2007

COPIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE!

  Communicating with Juries:

How to Draft More Understandable Jury Instructions

Contact (Bookstore) to order or call (888) 228-6272.

 


  

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An interview with NCSC President Mary Campbell McQueen on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition about tightening state budgets and their impact on courts.


NCSC President  on C-Span

NCSC President Mary McQueen discussed ballot initiatives that affect the judiciary on C-Span.



NCSC Publications
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Electronic Discovery Guidelines

"Guidelines for State Trial Courts Regarding Discovery of Electronically-Stored Information" is intended to help reduce the uncertainty in state court litigation by assisting trial judges in identifying the issues and determining the decision-making factors to be applied. Send requests by e-mail. 

Examining the Work of State Courts is a concise, graphically oriented volume that makes court statistics more accessible and easier to understand. It delivers the most up-to-date analysis, population trends, and reporting practices available. State Court Caseload Statistics is an online publication.  (more)

Courts looking for the latest information on ways to improve jury service can turn to a new edition of Jury Trial Innovations (JTI), the National Center for State Courts’ best-selling guide to techniques used nationwide to make jury service more appealing to the public and to help jurors become more effective decision makers. 

National Center for State Courts Mini-brochure

Learn more about the National Center.

 Problem Solving Justice Toolkit  (more)

Future Trends 2007

 

Future Trends in State Courts, 2007
Latest report in the long-running Trends series.

 


Trial Courts as Organizations

How trial courts operate and administer justice

B. Ostrom, C. Ostrom, Jr., Hanson & Kleiman

Provides comprehensive framework for understanding organizational culture.  Review steps and tools to assess and measure current and preferred culture. (more) 

 


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The Court’s Role in Reducing the Incidence of Impaired Driving  

With the support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a distinguished focus group of judges and judicial educators, the National Center for State Courts has created an online resource for general-jurisdiction judges on impaired driving. More


A Comprehensive Emergency Management Program
Disaster Planning (CEMP)

A Model for State and Territorial Courts 2007 is now available.




Mass Tort Clearinghouse 
 Home of the  Mass Tort Judges’ Network, a secured-access database of state court judges who are presiding in mass tort cases. (more)

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