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SJI Board Awards FY 2012 Second Quarter Grants

SJI received 20 grant applications requesting a total of $1,147,684 for the 2nd quarter of FY 2012. The Board met on April 23, 2012, at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in Williamsburg, Virginia, to make decisions on those applications. During its meeting, the Board awarded 13 grants totaling $612,090. continue >

SJI Board Awards Strategic Initiative Grants on Self-Represented Litigation and the State Courts

During the 2nd quarter Board meeting, 6 SIG grants were awarded totaling $275,158. These projects address one of SJI's new Priority Investment Areas: Self-Represented Litigation and the State Courts. continue >

Status of FY 2013 Appropriations

On April 17, 2012, the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Subcommittee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2013 CJS bill, which included $5,121,000 for SJI—the same level provided in FY 2012 and requested in the FY 2013 President's Budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the CJS bill on April 19, 2012. continue >

Final Phase of Campaign to Ensure Racial and Ethnic Fairness Provides Valuable Court Resources

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently announced that the final products from the SJI-funded Phase II: A National Campaign to Ensure the Racial and Ethnic Fairness of America's State Courts (SJI-08-I-084) are now available on the NCSC website. The project is the final phase of the National Campaign to Ensure Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts—a project initiated in collaboration with the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) Access and Public Trust Committees in 2006. continue >