The RFK National Resource Center is pleased to present the Diversion and Alternatives Reform Team Guidebook, representing an updated version of our previously published Alternative Response Initiative (ARI) Workbook. The DART Guidebook was developed to support youth justice system stakeholders in reviewing and reforming diversionary and alternative accountability policies and practices. Retaining the successful five-step …
Read MoreNatural Language Programming (NLP) is a field of computer science that employs predictive analytics and machine learning with a focus on the interaction between computers and both written and spoken language. Over the past decade, courts have successfully employed NLP techniques for routine case management tasks such as redaction, data extraction, document classification, and automated …
Read MoreThe Reaching Rural Initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the State Justice Institute (SJI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seeking Applicants! Application Deadline: December 15th, 2023. We are seeking individual practitioners or cross-sector teams from …
Read MoreThe Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice‘s new, brief video captures the methods and process through which your jurisdiction can undertake critical steps that produce significant improvements of the performance of your youth justice system. Featuring RFK National Resource’s Executive Director, John A. Tuell, and Deputy Executive Director, Jodi Martin, the video …
Read MoreUpcoming #Webinar! Emerging Adults Online Training Series on October 17, 2023, at 1:30PM EST. This National Center for State Courts webinar will launch training modules designed to equip attorneys and court professionals with the tools they need to better assist emerging adults (ages 18-25) in the #justice system. The series includes modules on the topics of young …
Read MoreTruly modern courts are open, effective, and equitable. The Pew Charitable Trusts just recently published a framework that offers courts a roadmap to improve public trust in and the transparency of the civil legal system; support court user engagement; and help ensure that case outcomes are fair. The first toolkit centers on the principle that open courts …
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