Papers

In Phase III of the CEDP program, each student is required to prepare a comprehensive research paper evaluating a key court function or proposed activity in his or her home jurisdiction. We invite you to review the papers submitted by the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 CEDP graduating classes.  To access research papers, you must first obtain and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

If you are unable to access or download any research paper in its entirety in portable document format, please contact:

Knowledge Information Services
National Center for State Courts
Williamsburg, VA 23185-4147

Phone: 800.616.6164

TITLE DOWNLOAD   DOWNLOAD A National Inventory and Review of Ethics Codes for Court Managers and Staff What are the Information Technology Requirements for the Caribbean Court of Justice?   A Study of Community Fair Cross Section Representation of the Jury Venire in Travis County, Texas under the I-Jury Process Examining A Culture of Delay and Adjournments: Criminal Case Processing in The Trinidad and Tobago Magistrates' Court Access, Fairness, and Trust in the North Dakota Court System First Impressions Count! Do It Right and Do It Once! Orientation of Employees to The Family Court of Trinidad and Tobago An Analysis of the Effective Use of Jurors in Lubbock County Processing of Criminal Cases in The 26th Judicial District Court Bossier Parish An Evaluation of The Court Record Project in The Fourth Judicial District Self-Represented Litigants in Family Law Cases in Jackson County, Missouri Application of NCSC Courtools "Measure Seven" Skills Training for Foreign Language Court Interpreters: Does it Increase the Number of Qualified Interpreters? Assessing Employee Satisfaction and The Administrative Reorganization of The North Dakota Court The Possible Use of Digital Audio Recording in The Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia (Not for Public Distribution) Differentiated Case Management In Cook County (Chicago), Illinois: Stakeholder Perceptions and Empirical Data Part 1 Part 2 Transforming the Judiciary's Court Reporting System: Building An Effective Court Reporting Services Unit Part 1 Part 2 Evaluation of The Fulton County Superior Court's Criminal Non-Complex Case Management Division