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The
Forum has been established to assist state and local organizations
seeking information on public trust and confidence activities
conducted in the states. It
also provides information about national organizations interested in
working with the states to improve public trust and confidence.
Representatives
from the judiciary, the bar, the media, and the public identified a
need for this Forum during the National Conference on Public Trust and
Confidence in the Justice System, held in 1999.
The development of this site became part of a National Action
Plan to build public trust and confidence in the courts. Information available here addresses the top three national
agenda issues identified at the 1999 conference including
Please
consult the NCSC's Court
Information Database
for more information on these topics.
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“Next
to doing right, the great object in the administration of justice
should be to give public satisfaction.”
John
Jay
First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
“Sometimes,
in the pressure of doing what judges have to do and running a tight
ship in the courtroom and deciding tough issues, we might forget
that, in the last analysis, it is, after all, the public we serve
and that we do care how the courts are perceived generally.”
Sandra
Day O’Connor
Supreme Court Associate Justice
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