| Alaska |
Report of the Alaska Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Fairness and Access. Alaska Court System (October, 1997). The Alaska Supreme Court formed the Advisory Committee on Fairness and Access to examine racial and ethnic bias in the Alaska state court system.
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| Arizona |
Arizona Commission on Minorities in the Judiciary. Arizona Supreme Court.
Arizona Judicial Council Commission on Minorities in the Judiciary Strategic Plan 2006-2008. Arizona Judicial Council Commission on Minorities, December 2006. This report outlines the Commission's goals and practices to provide equal justice for minorities in the Arizona court system.
Equitable Treatment of Minority Youth in the Arizona Juvenile Justice System—A Follow-up to the 1993 Equitable Treatment Report. Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Minorities, 2002.
Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Minorities—Progress Report. Arizona Supreme Court, Commission on Minorities in the Judicial Department, June 1994-May 1996. Progress report regarding the impact of racial and ethnic bias in the Arizona court system.
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| California |
Programs: Access and Fairness. California Courts. This site provides activities, information, and reports related to the California Judicial Council Access and Fairness Advisory Committee.
Reports and Publications: Access and Fairness. California Courts. This page presents documents and publications from the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Access and Fairness including its subcommittees related to disability fairness, race and ethnic fairness, and gender fairness.
Final Report of the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts. Judicial Council of California, January 1997. Fairness in the California State Courts: A Survey of the Public, Attorneys and Court Personnel—Final Report. California Judicial Council, Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, December 1993.
Access and Fairness in California Law Schools. A report on the focus group project of the Judicial Council of California's Access and Fairness Advisory Committee and the State Bar of California's Office of Legal Services, Access and Fairness Programs, February 2008.
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| Colorado |
Fairness and Diversity Committee. Colorado Judicial Branch.
Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee. Colorado Bar Association.
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| Connecticut |
Connecticut Task Force on Minority Fairness: Final Report. Office of the Court Administrator, 1996. (KFC4108 .C66 1996)
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| Delaware |
Delaware Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts: Final Report. Delaware Supreme Court, 1996. (KFD510.5 .D5 D4 1996)
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| District of Columbia |
Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts. District of Columbia Courts. Provides links to the Committee's reports and evaluations.
Final Report: Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts. Wagner, Hon. Annice M., Hon. Eugene N. Hamilton, and Ulyssess B. Hammond. District of Columbia Courts, Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts (1994).
Ensuring Fairness and Access to the Courts in a Changing World: A Ten Year Retrospective and Prospective Examination. Wagner, Hon. Annice M., Hon. Rufus G. King III, and Anne B. Wicks. District of Columbia Courts, Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts (2002).
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| Florida |
Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity. Florida State Courts. This site provides links to all of the Committee's reports, including those related to elder, disabled, gender, race, and ethnic fairness.
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| Georgia |
Georgia Access and Fairness in the Courts Committee. Judicial Branch of Georgia. This site contains links to all reports by the Committee.
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| Idaho |
Report of the Fairness and Equality Committee of the Supreme Court of Idaho. Boise: Idaho Supreme Court, Fairness and Equality Committee, 1992. (KFI510.5 .A3 133)
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| Illinois |
Illinois State Bar Association Task Force on Minorities and the Justice System: Final Report. Task Force on Minorities and the Justice System, 1998. (KFI1710 .I45)
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| Indiana |
Indiana Commission on Race and Gender Fairness.
Indiana State Bar Association Standing Committee on Racial Diversity in the Legal Profession.
Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness Executive Report and Recommendations. Supreme Court of Indiana, 2002.
Interim Recommendation of the Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness. Indiana Supreme Court, 2001. This report discusses the Commission's recommendation that the State of Indiana investigate the creation of a court interpreter program.
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| Kentucky |
Racial Fairness in Jefferson County. Administrative Office of the Courts, 2005. A report of a four-year effort to examine claims of racial bias in Jefferson Circuit Court.
Warner, Darren. Does Race Matter?: Examining the Perceptions of Court-Users on the Fairness of the Kentucky Courts. Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts, 1997. (KFK1710.5 .P8 W37)
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| Louisiana |
Louisiana Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts: Final Report. New Orleans: Office of Judicial Administrator, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1996. (KFL508 .L68 1996)
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| Maryland |
Report of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Judicial Process. Maryland Courts, 2004. This report presents results from the Commission's survey, which was intended to be a critical examination of court-related equality issues from the perspectives of court users and minority and ethnic communities.
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| Massachusetts |
Racial and Ethnic Fairness Advisory Board. The Massachusetts Judicial System.
Within Our Reach: Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Equality within the Courts. The Administrative Office of the Trial Court and the Supreme Court of Amasschusetts, 2004. This manual provides important guidelines concerning appropriate behavior for those who work in the judicial branch and for those who use our court system.
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| Michigan |
Bias Free Behavior in the Courts History. Michigan Courts. This pamphlet provides information regarding the history of providing racial and ethnic fairness in Michigan courts.
Report of the State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Courts and Legal Profession. Lansing: State Bar of Michigan (1998).
Summary Report on the Supreme Court’s Efforts to Implement Recommendations of the Citizens Commission to Improve Michigan Courts and the Race/Ethnic and Gender Issues Task Force. Michigan Supreme Court (1997). Report contains a summary of the efforts of the Michigan Supreme Court to implement recommendations made by the Citizens Commission and the Race/Ethnic and Gender Issues Task Force concerning the fairness and operation of Michigan Trial Courts.
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| Minnesota |
Minnesota Supreme Court Task Force on Racial Bias in the Judicial System. Minnesota Judicial Branch (1993).
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| Nebraska |
Minority and Justice Implementation Committee. Nebraska Judicial Branch.
The Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force: Final Report. Lincoln: Nebraska, Supreme Court Minority and Justice Task Force, 2003.
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| Nevada |
Simpson, Elgin. Nevada Supreme Court Task Force Implementation Committee for the Elimination of Racial, Economic and Gender Bias in the Justice System 1999 Interim Report. Las Vegas: Nevada Supreme Court Task Force, 1999. (KFN1110.5 .A3 S56) A Systemic Approach toward the Elimination of Racial and Economic Bias in Nevada's Justice System: Report to the Nevada Supreme Court. Nevada Supreme Court, Task Force for the Study of Racial and Economic Bias in the Justice System, 1997. (KFN11110.5 .A3 N4)
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| New Jersey |
Supreme Court Standing Committee on Minority Concerns. New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Minority Concerns, 2004-2007 Report. Supreme Court of New Jersey (2007).
New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Minority Concerns Report, 2002-2004. Trenton: New Jersey Supreme Court (2004).
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| New Mexico |
New Mexico Supreme Court Committee to Study Racial and Ethnic Fairness and Equality in the Courts: Final Report. Santa Fe: New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, 1999. (KFN4110.5 .A3 N49 1999)
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| Ohio |
Racial Fairness Implementation Task Force Action Plan. Ohio Commission on Racial Fairness, 2002. The Report of the Ohio Commission on Racial Fairness: Final Report. Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Commission on Racial Fairness, 1999.
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| Oregon |
Access to Justice for All Committee. State of Oregon's Judicial Branch.
Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Oregon Justice System. Oregon Judicial Department. This Web site will provide links to various state reports.
Report of the Oregon Supreme Court Task Force on Racial/Ethnic Issues in the Judicial System. Salem: Office of the State Court Administrator, Oregon Judicial Department (1994).
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| Pennsylvania |
Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness. Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System.
Final Report of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Race and Ethnic Bias in the Justice System (2003). This comprehensive report discusses gender bias in jury selection in chapter 3; perceptions and occurrences of racial, ethnic, and gender bias in the courtroom in chapter 9; and race and gender bias in the juvenile justice system in chapter 13.
A. Read, and S. Paoletti. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System: Statement on Special Issues Affecting Non-English Speaking Litigants. Friends of Farm Workers Inc. (December 2000). Information about bias-related issues concerning non-English-speaking litigants.
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| Rhode Island |
Permanent Advisory Committee on Women and Minorities in the Courts. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. Perception and Reality Differ in Court Studies on Racial Bias. News from the Rhode Island Judiciary, 2002. Information regarding a study that finds no bias in sentencing of minorities is contradicted by a survey that demonstrates negative perception of fairness in the courts.
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| South Dakota |
South Dakota Equal Justice Commission: 2006 Final Report and Recommendations. South Dakota Supreme Court, Equal Justice Commission (2006).
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| Tennessee |
Implementing Fairness: The Report to the Committee to Implement the Recommendations of the Race and Ethnic Fairness Commission and Gender Fairness Commission. Presented to the Tennessee Supreme Court, (October 2000). Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness: Final Report. Tennessee Supreme Court, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts (February 1997).
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| Utah |
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System. Utah Supreme Court.
Commission Implementation Report. Utah Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System (March 2004). Commission Implementation Report. Utah Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System (January 2003). Racial and Ethnic Fairness: Report on the State of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System. Utah Judicial Council's Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Legal System (September 2000).
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| Vermont |
Committee on Fairness and Access to Justice. Vermont Judiciary.
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| Washington |
Washington State Minority and Justice Commission.
Washington State Minority and Justice Commission: Annual Report 2006. Washington State Minority and Justice Commission (2006).
African-American Judges in State and Federal Court in the State of Washington. Washington State Minority and Justice Commission (October 26, 2008).
Final Report: Self-Audit for Gender and Racial Equity: A Survey of Washington Law Firms. Northwest Research Group Inc., 2001. Final report of results from a survey conducted by the Glass Ceiling Task Force on gender, race and ethnic bias.
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| West Virginia |
Committee on Equality in the West Virginia Judiciary. Task Force to Study Perceived Racial Disparity in the Juvenile Justice System. Task force developed by the Supreme Court of Appeals in response to statistical information concerning the experience of minority youth in West Virginia’s juvenile justice system.
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| Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Equal Justice Task Force: Final Report. Madison: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Task Force on Equal Justice, 1991. (KFW2491 .W6 W57 1991)
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