Projects

For descriptions of current and recently funded projects, please click on the project name.  ( * Denotes recently completed.)

• Judicial Leadership and Independence

• Court Organization and Management

• Access to Justice

• Public Trust and Confidence

• Juvenile and Family Justice

• Criminal Justice

• Civil Justice

• Completed Projects

• Building a Problem Solving Court Approach: A Toolkit to Transfer Ideas into Practice  *NEW*

• Helping Courts Solve Key Problems (The Solutions Project) 

• Implementing the Call to Action of the Summit on Improving Judicial Selection*

• Judicial Leadership to Reduce the Incidence of Impaired Driving  *UPDATED*

• A Program of Support for Judicial Branch Action to Preserve Judicial Independence: 2006/2007  *NEW*

• A Program of Support for Judicial Branch Involvement in Judicial Selection Reform:  2004/2005*

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• California Statewide Performance Measurement  *NEW*

• Court Statistics Project (CSP)

• Evaluation of the Programs and Services of the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program(VASAP)*  *UPDATED*

• State Court Organization, 2004* *UPDATED*    *NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE*

• Understanding Court Culture and Improving Court Performance: New Ideas and New Tools* *UPDATED*

• Weighted Caseload Studies*

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Access to Justice   

• Competitive Procurement of the Spanish/English Interpreter Certification Program

• Court Interpreter Technical Assistance 

• Developing a Model Written Policy Governing Electronic Access to Court Records

• State Court Interpreter Certification Consortium

• State Interpreter Contracts

• A Strategic Plan for the Future of Self-Represented Litigation: A Proposal for a Pro Se Summit*  *NEW*

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Public Trust and Confidence   

• Examining Voir Dire in California*

• Implementing the National Action Plan to Improve Public Trust and Confidence*

• The NCSC Sentencing Attitudes Survey *NEW*

• Public Opinion California*  *NEW*

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Juvenile and Family Justice   

• Blended Sentencing:  On Target for Juvenile Justice and Public Safety?  A Multi-State Investigation

• Evaluation of the Protection from Abuse Database Project*

• Extending Project Passport*

• Improving Court Performance in Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings

• Judicial Training Grant *NEW*

• Second National Symposium on Children, Courts and the Federal Child Support Enforcement Program *

• Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act*

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Criminal Justice  

• Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing: A Comparative Study in Three States  

• Blended Sentencing: On Target for  Juvenile Justice and Public Safety?

• Judicial Decision-Making in Mental Health Courts (MHC)

• A Tale of Two Laws Revisited: Investigating the Impact of Prisoner Litigation Reform Act and the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act*

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Civil Justice     

• 2001 Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, Supplemental Study of Civil Appeals

• 2005 Civil Justice Survey of State Courts

• The Effects of the Daubert Trilogy in Delaware

• What Do We Know About Jury Verdicts?  Evaluating Data Sourcs That Influence Civil Litigation *NEW*

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Completed Projects

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• 2001 Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (CTCN3)

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• Across State Lines: Collaborating to Keep Domestic Violence Victims Safe

• Adoption Data

• Appellate Court Performance Standards

• Appellate Court Procedures in State and Federal Courts

• Are Hung Juries a Problem?

• Assessing Innovations in Jury System Management

• Attaining Justice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

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• California Judicial Workload Assessment

• California Statewide Staffing Standards

• Civil Trial Court Network II

• Community-Focused Courts Development Initiative

• Community-Focused Courts Development Initiative: Implementation Phase

• Conducting a Weighted Caseload Study for the Michigan Court System

• Conference on Improving the Quality of Civil Justice Reform

• Court Coordination of Family Cases: Model Action Plans

• Court Interpreter Services in State and Federal Courts: Building A Framework for Intersystem Coordination

• Court Telephone Interpretation Service: Pilot Program

• Crossing Borders: Regional Meetings to Facilitate Implementation of Full Faith and Credit

D

• Developing a National Agenda for Reducing Litigation Cost and Delay

• Development of Assessment Tools to Evaluate the DC's Domestic Violence Plan

• Dispensing Justice Locally: An Analysis of Impacts, Costs and Benefits of the Midtown Community Court

• Domestic Violence Courts: Jurisdiction, Organization, Goals and Measures

E

• Effective Use of Legal Staff in State Appellate Courts

• Ensuring Participation of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Justice System

• Establishing and Facilitating Interstate Compacts and Cooperation in Guardianship

• Evaluating Blended Sentencing of Juveniles in Minnesota: Satisfying a National Need for Information

• Evaluating Justice: Civil Case Adjudication in Massachusetts

• Evaluation of Court-Based Aggressive Driving Programs for Virginia

• Evaluation of the Centers for Complex Litigation Pilot Program

• Evaluation of the Development and Implementation of Virginia's Sentencing Laws

• Evaluation of the District of Columbia Superior Court Domestic Violence Unit

• Evaluation of Effectiveness of Anger Management Education for Aggressive Driving

• Evaluation of the Habitual Offender Program

• Evaluation of the Integration of an Empirically-Based Risk Assessment Instrument into Structured Sentencing

• Expediting Appeals for Dependency Cases in State Courts: Examining and Measuring Promising Practices

F

• Family Violence Community of Practice

• The Foundation for Tracking Family Violence Caseloads: A Data Reporting Prototype

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H

• How the Public Views the State Courts: A 1999 National Survey

I

• Impact of State Incarceration Policies on Local Court Felony Case Processing

• Implementing Court Interpreter Training and Certification Testing in the Colorado Courts

• Implementing Court Interpreter Training and Certification Testing in the Cook County, Illinois Courts

• Improving Courts' Delivery of Services to Families and Children

• The Influence of Court, Prosecutors and Defender Resources, Procedures and Interagency Coordination on Felony Case Processing

• Innovations in Jury Trial Procedures

• Integrating Criminal and Civil Matters in Family Courts

• Internet-Based Domestic Violence Court Preparation System

J

• Judicial Education on Substance Abuse

• Jury Summit 2001: A Planning Grant for a National Conference

• Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence:  The Effects of Court-Based Intervention Programs on Recidivism *UPDATED*

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M

• Major Therapeutic and Preventative Justice Programs

• The Many Facets of Juror Privacy: What Can Courts Do?

• Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants A Consumer-Based Approach

• Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Integrating Intermediate Sanctions into Guidelines and Examining the Judicial Response to Sentencing

• Minnesota Judicial Workload 

• Models of Effective Court-Based Service Delivery to Children and Their Families

N

• A National Study and Action Plan on Attorney Conduct and Professionalism

• National Symposium on Children, Courts and the Federal Child Support Program

O

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P

• A Program of Support for Judicial Branch Involvement in Judicial Selection Reform:  2003/2004

• Public Opinion on the Courts: A Survey Planned for 2000

Q

R

• Reexamining Time on Appeal in Appellate Courts

• Responding to Juror Stress

S

• Sentencing Policy and Practice: A Research in Action Partnership

• Serving Limited English Proficient Battered Women:  A National Survey of the Court's Capacity to Provide Protection Orders

• Should Jurors Be Permitted to Discuss the Evidence Prior to Deliberation?

• State Court Model Systems and Statistical Dictionary, First Edition

• State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting

• State Court Organization, 1998: Fourth Edition

• Strengthening the Judicial Perspective on Judicial Independence:  A National Forum and Outreach Efforts

• A Summit on Judicial Election Reform

• Support for Jury System Standards and Improvements

• Support for State Interpreter Test Rating Services (DE, FL, ID, MN, NM)

T

• Technical Assistance to AFCARS

• Time on Appeal in Courts of Last Resort

• Trial Court Performance Standards Demonstration Project

• Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System: Coordination Efforts

U

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W

• West Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment, 2006

• When Domestic Violence and Custody Disputes Coincide: Effective Court Responses

• Workload Assessment Studies - Wisconsin, Michigan, West Virginia, Florida

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Z

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Last updated 05/19/08