| Administrative Offices of the Courts |
Discusses the responsibilities and staffing of the AOC offices, which exercise control over the courts in their states, as well as their structure, jurisdiction, and funding.
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| Caseflow Management |
Shows how the coordination of court processes and resources can move cases in a timely fashion from filing to disposition through differentiated case management, case-processing time standards, and other techniques.
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| Court Culture |
Focuses on unifying two critically important concepts--culture and performance--into a common framework for studying and implementing court policy.
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| Court Reporting |
Examines court recording/reporting and the various methods used, such as audio, video, and digital recording; computer-aided transcription; speech recognition; and non-electronic methods.
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| Court Unification |
Discusses court "unification" and the centralization of administrative authority and rulemaking powers, unitary budgeting, state (vs. local) funding of trial courts, and trial court consolidation.
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| Interbranch Relations |
Examines how courts interact with other governmental bodies at the federal, state, and local levels and discusses strategies for cultivating better relationships.
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| Leadership and Change Management |
Examines how understanding the different functions and qualities of leaders and managers, and how to choose and cultivate individuals for those roles, is essential to the effective operation of the state courts.
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| Performance Measurement |
Features information on various tools for performance measurement and their application to the courts; performance standards for trial, appellate, and limited-jurisdiction courts; and implementation and uses for performance measurement in the courts.
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| Rulemaking and Administrative Orders |
Discusses significant issues about rulemaking in courts, such as whether the judicial or the legislative branch should have ultimate authority over rulemaking; to what extent rulemaking should be centralized or local; and how open/accountable judicial rulemaking should be to the public.
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| Strategic Planning and Court Trends |
Features resources courts can use to prepare for the future, including materials on visioning, environmental scanning, futures thinking, strategic planning, focus groups, public hearings, mission statements, outreach, collaboration, and education.
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| Workload and Resource Assessment |
Examines how courts should go about determining the adequacy of judicial and staff resources based on both the quantity and the complexity of cases.
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