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Last Updated: February 5, 2008

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This is a list of many of the resources recently added to our collections.  Note: Some of the resources on this list are older materials that were recently retrieved from the Archive and added to the Library's catalog for the first time.

 

Access and Fairness

 

Alaska. Supreme Court. Fairness and Access Implementation Committee.

2007 Status Report of the Alaska Supreme Court Fairness and Access Implementation Committee.

KFA1708 .A94 2007

 

Administration of Justice

 

Arizona. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Good to Great: A Strategic Agenda for Arizona's Courts 2005-2010.

KFA2910 .G66 2005

 

California. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Striving for Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A History of the California Courts of Appeal on the Occasion of Their Centennial Celebration.

KFC964 .S87 2005

 

Florida. Supreme Court.

Horizon 2008: The 2006-2008 Operational Plan for the Florida Judicial Branch.

KFF510.5 .A3 H67 2006

 

Judicial Council of Georgia.

Legislator's Guide to the Judicial Branch.

KFG508 .J83 2006

 

New Hampshire. Judicial Branch.

Mapping the Future: Setting the Course for Improvement and Change in the Court System.

KFN1710 .M37 2006

 

Adoption

 

United States. Administration for Children, Youth, and Families.

How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?

HV875.55 .H675 2004

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission.

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Arkansas: ADR Program Directory, 2006.

KFA4160.3 .A86 2004

 

Appellate Courts

 

Nebraska. Supreme Court. Office of Public Administration.

Citizen's Guide to the Nebraska Appellate Courts.

KFN510.5 .A3 C58 2006

 

Child Support

 

Texas. Attorney General's Office. Child Support Enforcement Division.

Meeting the Challenge (retrieved from Archive)

KF549 .M44 1990

 

Texas. Attorney General's Office. Child Support Enforcement Division.

New Directions for Child Support Enforcement (retrieved from Archive)

KF549 .N48 1990

 

Continuations

 

The Library receives on a continuous basis, updates or revisions to various resources that are already part of the collection. Some of the materials recently received are the following:

 

Judicial Benchbook for the Trial Courts of Wisconsin.

KFW2915 .A65 J82

 

California Courts Directory and Fee Schedule.

KFC950 .A19 C34 2007

 

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, V. 41

K376 .R47 V.41 2008

 

Court Administration

 

Illinois. Administrative Office of Illinois Courts.

Annual Report of the Illinois Courts: Statistical Summary.

KFI1710 .A8A 2006

 

Indiana. Division of State Court Administration.

Indiana Judicial Report.

KFI3510 .A8 2006 V.1-4

 

Minnesota. Judicial Council.

Focus on the Future: Priorities & Strategies for Minnesota's Judicial Branch.

KFM5411.58 .F67 2006

 

South Carolina. Judicial Department.

Clerk of Court Manual (Electronic resource)

Internet Resource

Can be found at: http://www.sccourts.org/clerkOfCourtManual/index.cfm

 

Court-Community Initiatives

 

Minnesota. Judicial Branch.

The Minnesota Difference: The Minnesota Court System and the Public: Report of Findings.

KFM5910 .M56 2007

 

Court Interpretation

 

California. Judicial Council.

Trial Court Interpreters Program Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2005-2006: Report to the Legislature.

KFC985 .I58 2007

 

Minnesota. Court Interpreter Program.

Minnesota Court Translations (retrieved from Archive)

KFM5926 .T72 M56 1999

 

Oregon. Office of the State Court Administrator.

1998 Orientation Workshop for Interpreters in the Oregon Courts.

KFO2926 .T72 O75 1998

 

Court Rules

 

The Library maintains print versions of court rules from all 50 states.  They are located in the reference section of the collection.  Recent January additions include:

 

Idaho State Court Rules 2007 Supplement

Georgia Court Rules 2008

New York Court Rules 2008

Indiana Court Rules 2008

Colorado Court Rules 2008

 

Courthouses: Design and Finance

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Arkansas Court Facilities Survey: Report to the Eighty-Sixth Arkansas General Assembly.

KFA4110.5 .A3 A75 2006

 

Oregon. Court Facilities Task Force.

Report on Oregon Court Facilities.

KFO2910.5 .A3 R47 2006

 

United States. General Accounting Office.

Courthouse Construction: Better Courtroom Use Data Could Enhance Facility Planning and Decisionmaking: Report to Congressional Requestors.

NA4470 .A31 1997

 

Crime/Criminal Justice

 

Arizona. Administrative Office of the Courts. Court Services Division.

Fill the Gap.

KFA2962 .A1 2006

 

Loginsky, Pamela B. and Jeffrey J. Jahns.

The Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Presentation on Freemen: Armageddon's Prophets of Hate and Terror (retrieved from Archive)

HN90 .R3 L65 1999

 

Maine. Judicial Branch.

A Guide to Protection From Abuse and Harassment Actions.

KFM567 .F35 G85 2006

 

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

 

Conference of State Court Administrators.

Position Paper on Emergency Preparedness in the State Courts.

KF8733.7 .P67 2006

 

Florida. Office of the State Courts Administrator.

Florida State Courts Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Best Practices from the Pandemic Influenza COOP Planning in the Florida State Courts.

KFF510.5 .A3 F57 2007

 

Florida. Unified Supreme Court. Branch Court Emergency Management Group.

Florida State Courts Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Keeping the Courts Open in a Pandemic.

KFF510.5 .A3 F56 2006

 

O'Brien, Mary, Sarah Webster and Angela Herrick.

Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Framework for Child Welfare Agencies.

HV551.3 .O27 2007

 

Pennsylvania. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Courthouse Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies: Critical Issues for Bioterror/Biohazard Preparedness Planning.

KFP510.5 .A3 C68 2006

 

Simon, Susan.

Emergency/Disaster Training Manual for Volunteer Lawyers Following Hurricane Katrina.

KF337.5 .L68 S56 2005

 

Domestic Violence

 

Alaska. Judicial Council.

Evaluation of Domestic Violence Advocates: 2007.

HV6626.22 .A4 E93 2007

 

Maryland. Administrative Office of the Courts. Department of Family Administration.

Maryland Judge's Domestic Violence Resource Manual.

KFM1749 .M37 2007

 

Drug/DUI Courts

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Arkansas Drug Courts: Report to the Eighty-Sixth Arkansas General Assembly.

KFA4114 .A75 2004

 

Arkansas. Department of Community Correction.

Random Drug Testing Results for Drug Courts Operating in Fiscal Year 2006.

KFA4114 .D78 R36 2007

 

Arkansas. Division of Drug Courts.

Program Eligibility Requirements, Treatment Requirements and Enrollment Statistics from July 2005 through December 2006.

KFA4114 .D78 P76 2007

 

Guerin, Paul.

Evaluation of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan DWI/Drug Court: Final Report.

KFN4114 .D85 2002

 

Minnesota Supreme Court Chemical Dependency Task Force.

Report on the Overall Impact of Alcohol and Other Drugs Across All Case Types: Executive Summary.

HV5831 .M6 M561 2006

 

Vermont. Office of the State Court Administrator.

Report to the General Assembly on Pilot Project for Drug Court Initiative Committees.

KFV514 .D78 2007

 

Ethics

 

Menzel, Donald C.

Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Building Organizations of Integrity.

JF1525 .E8 M46 2007

 

Futures and Trends for Courts

 

Worldwatch Institute.

Vital Signs 2007-2008: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future.

GE140 .V58 2007

 

Human Resources

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Arkansas State Trial Court Employee Manual.

KFA4124.5 .A75 2007

 

Buckley, John F. and Ronald M. Green.

2008 State By State Guide to Human Resources Law.

HF5549.2 .U5 B83 2008

 

Immigration Law

 

State Bar of Georgia.

Georgia Bar Journal: Special Issue on Immigration Law (December 2007)

KF200 .G46

 

Judicial Ethics

 

Alfini, James J.

Judicial Conduct and Ethics.

KF8779 .S52 2007

 

New York (State). Unified Court System. Office of Court Administration. Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.

Judicial Campaign Ethics Handbook.

KFN5984.5 .D57 N485 2007

 

Judicial Selection

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

Arkansas Judicial Elections 2008.

KFA4125 .Z9 A75 2007

 

Juries/Jurors

 

Alaska. Office of the Administrative Director of Courts.

Alaska Trial Jury Handbook.

KFA1742.6 .Z9 A43 2006

 

Juvenile Justice & Delinquency

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

A Study on Arkansas' Juvenile Probation and Intake Officers' Caseload.

KFA4126 .J8 S78 2006

 

Emerson, Robert M.

Judging Delinquents: Context and Process in Juvenile Court.

KF9709 .E44 2007

 

Lavery, Timothy.

Pre-Trial Juvenile Detention Screening Practices in Illinois (was an electronic resource-added print copy)

KFI1798 .P74 2004

 

Media and the Courts

 

Washington (State). Administrative Office of the Courts.

Media Guide to Washington State Courts.

KFW510.5 .C6 M43 2006

 

Mediation

 

Arkansas. Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission.

2007 Roster of Certified Mediators for Circuit Courts: Profiles.

KFA4160.3 .A34 2007

 

Arkansas. Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission.

Court Ordered Mediations in Arkansas.

KFA4160.5 .C68 2006

 

Miscellaneous

 

Billson, Janet Mancini.

Focus Groups for Social and Market Research: A Training Manual (retrieved from Archive)

H61.28 .B55 1999

 

Clients' Security Fund of Ohio.

Annual Report of the Clients' Security Fund of Ohio.

KFO77.5 .C45 A15 2007

 

Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies (U.S.)

State Court Docket Watch.

KF4547.8 .S83

 

Ohio. Supreme Court.

Annual Report on the Attorney Registration Fund.

KFO76.5 .A2 A56 2007

 

A Proposal Regarding the Establishment of the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Virginia (retrieved from Archive)

KF8732 .P76 1971

 

United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

Commerce in Firearms in the United States (was an electronic resource-added print copy)

KF3941 .C66 2000

 

Security and the Courts

 

Washington (State). Board for Judicial Administration.

Washington State Courthouse Public Safety Standards.

KF8733.7 .C68 2007

 

Science, Technology and the Law

 

Brooklyn Law School.

Science for Judges VII: Evaluating Evidence of Causation & Forensic Laboratories: Current Issues & Standards.

KF276 .A15 B76 2007

 

Specialized Courts

 

Commission on National Probate Court Standards (U.S.)

National Probate Court Standards.

KF765 .C66 1999

 

Propst, Floyd E.

Handbook for Probate Judges of Georgia.

KFG144 .P76 1997

 

Video Technologies

 

Arkansas. Administrative Office of the Courts.

The Arkansas Judicial System: Videotaped Trial Records in Arkansas: Panel Evaluation of the Use of Videotaped Trial Records on Appeal.

KFA4126 .C68 V53 1991

 

Workload and Resource Assessment

 

Louisiana. Supreme Court.

Final Report of the Judicial Council to Review the Need for Judgeships: Executive Summary.

KFL525 .L68 2007

 


 

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