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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. 

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.

Fairness and Diversity Committee.  Colorado Judicial Branch.

Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee.  Colorado Bar Association.

2000 Colorado Gender and Justice Annual Report. Colorado Judicial Branch, Fairness and Diversity Committee.

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).

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.  

The 1990 Report of the Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts. Illinois Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts, 1990.  (KFI1291 .W6 I45)

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.

Gender Fairness Implementation Committee. Minnesota Supreme Court.

Mississippi Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force: Final Report Executive Summary.  Jackson: Supreme Court of Mississippi (2002).

Court Gender Fairness Task Force Issues Findings and Recommendations. Mississippi Administrative Office of the Courts Press Release (November, 2002). 

Gender and Justice: Implementing Gender Fairness in the Courts. Lincoln: Nebraska Supreme Court, Gender Fairness Implementation Committee (1999). 

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)

Final Report of the Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Issues.  Trenton: New Jersey Supreme Court, September 26, 2001.  See also, Administrative Determinations. 

Gender Equality in the Courts: A Guide for all New Mexico State and Federal Courts.  State Bar of New Mexico Committee on Women and the Legal Profession and the New Mexico Supreme Court (2005). This Handbook was created in response to the findings and recommendations made by the Task Force on Women and the Legal Profession.

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)

Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts. New York State Courts.

Report of the Oregon Supreme Court/Oregon State Bar Task Force on Gender Fairness. Oregon Supreme Court/Oregon State Bar Task Force on Gender Fairness (1998). 

Report a Bias-Related Incident.  Pennsylvania Inter-Agency Task Force on Civil Tension.  Provides information on reporting a bias-related incident.  Agency is committed to preventing and responding to bias-related incidents in the state of Pennsylvania.

South Dakota Equal Justice Commission: 2006 Final Report and Recommendations. South Dakota Supreme Court, Equal Justice Commission (2006).

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).

Report of the Commission on Gender Fairness. Tennessee Supreme Court, Commission on Gender Fairness (1997). 

Committee on Fairness and Access to Justice. Vermont Judiciary.

Vermont Task Force on Gender Bias in the Legal System: Final Report.  Vermont Supreme Court and Bar Association, 1991.  (KFV91 .W6 V37)

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.

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.

Final Report of the Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts.  West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, October 1996. 

Gender Equality Committee of the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Final Report.  Madison:  Wisconsin Supreme Court, Committee on Gender Equality, 1995.  (KFW2491 .W6 W56)

Wisconsin Equal Justice Task Force: Final Report.  Madison: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Task Force on Equal Justice, 1991.  (KFW2491 .W6 W57 1991)