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SJI Awards Second Quarter Grants for FY 2013
The Board met on April 8, 2013, to make decisions on FY 2013, 2nd quarter grant applications. A total of 14 grants were awarded during this meeting. One Project Grant was awarded to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to develop and pilot specialized jury instructions on implicit bias. Led by the NCSC and Project Implicit, this grant will support the drafting of model jury instructions on implicit bias, pilot their effectiveness using a mock jury, and disseminate the research findings to state court judges. continue >
New SJI Board Member Sworn In
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the State of New York and the New York Court of Appeals was officially sworn in by SJI Board Chairman Chief Justice Jim Hannah as a member of the Board of Directors on Sunday, April 7, 2013. continue >
Immigration and State Court Records
SJI began using the Strategic Initiatives Grants (SIG) program in FY 2008 to address immigration issues in the state courts at a national impact level. The Center for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) was awarded a SIG (SJI-08-P-138) to identify the major challenges and opportunities for state courts in addressing immigration issues in several pilot states. continue >
NAWJ and Legal Momentum Join the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative
SJI support has enabled the Center for Public Policy Studies/The National Judicial College/Center for Court Innovation (CPPS/NJC/CCI) to recently form a Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative. continue >
Congress Approves Year-Long FY 2013 Funding for SJI
On March 20, 2013, the Senate approved the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 933). The bill provided $5,121,000 for SJI – the same level appropriated in FY 2012. continue >
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E-SJI News
- April 2013. Vol. 23, No. 7*new*
- March 2013. Vol. 23, No. 6
- February 2013. Vol. 23, No. 5
- January 2013. Vol. 23, No. 4
- December 2012. Vol. 23, No. 3
- November 2012. Vol. 23, No. 2
- October 2012. Vol. 23, No. 1
- September 2012. Vol. 22, No. 12
- August 2012. Vol. 22, No. 11
- July 2012. Vol. 22, No. 10
- June 2012. Vol. 22, No. 9
- May 2012. Vol. 22, No. 8
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Select Grant Reports
- Executive Session for State Court Leaders in the 21st Century
- A Case for Court Governance Principles
- Herding Lions: Shared Leadership of State Trial Courts
- Opinions as the Voice of the Court
- Courts are Conversations: An Argument for Increased Engagement by Court Leaders
- Juror and Jury Use of New Media: A Baseline Exploration
- Keeping Court Funded: Recommendations for How Courts Can Avoid the Budget Axe
- Cross-Branch Collaboration
- The Role of State Intermediate Appellate Courts: Principles for Adapting to Change
- Kansas Drug Court Feasibility Study
- Practitioners Guidebook on Immigration Issues in the State Courts
- Lycoming County, PA, Adult Treatment Court Evaluation
- Seattle Municipal Court Case Processing Improvement Project
- New Mexico Justice System Interpreter Resource Partnership
- Reengineering Rural Justice in Minnesota
- Minnesota Early Case Management/Early Neutral Evaluation Project (ECM/ENE)
- Juvenile & Family Immigration Bench Guide for State Trial Court Judges
- Implications of Padilla v. Kentucky on State Court Criminal Judges
- Yuma County, AZ Judicial Workload Study
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