Each year
(beginning in 1994) the National
Center for State Courts publishes a report now entitled
"Future Trends in
State Courts." The purpose of this
report is to support the strategic planning efforts in
the court community. Each publication contains several articles
written by NCSC staff and court experts from around the
country. Individual Future
Trends articles published since 2001 that
relate to this topic are listed to below.
Trends
2010
Paula
L. Hannaford-Agor and Nicole L. Waters. Triping
Over Our Own Feet: Two Steps Are One Too Many in
Jury Operations.
Most stae courts still use a two-step process to
qualify and summon jurors. But courts
looking to expend less money and administrative
effort may want to convert to a sone-step
process.
Trends
2000
Tom
Munsterman. Multi-Lingual
Juries.
This article discusses the
increase in multilingual juries. It
focuses on New Mexico's state constitution and
how it addresses the need for a standard
language among jurists.
