With assistance from SJI, the Council for Court Excellence (CCE) embarked on a new comprehensive study of issues relating to jury service in D.C. from the perspective of jurors, judges, and lawyers (SJI-14-T-086). Working out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over a …
Read MoreSJI is sad to announce the passing of our Board Chairman, and former Chief Justice of Arkansas, Jim Hannah. Jim Hannah served as the Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 2005 to 2015, and successfully ran statewide contested elections for Chief Justice (2004) and Associate Justice (2000). At the time of his …
Read MoreThe National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently released the results of the 2015 State of State Courts Survey. The results show that courts remain the most trusted branch of government, and Americans recognize their unique role in protecting individual rights. However, persistent concerns about customer service, inefficiency, and bias are undermining the public’s confidence …
Read MoreThis assessment was conducted by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) at the request of the Supreme Court of Missouri with grant support from SJI (SJI-15-T-119). The goal was to identify best practices in operating and managing limited jurisdiction courts throughout the United States, and suggest how those practices may be applied to municipal …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors met on November 16, 2015, at the Supreme Court of Louisiana in New Orleans to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of fourteen (14) new grants. Two (2) Project Grants were awarded: support to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to update the Managing Notorious …
Read MoreThe National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently released a report titled, The Landscape of Civil Litigation of State Courts, which examines case characteristics and outcomes for 925,344 civil cases disposed during a one-year interval from courts exercising jurisdiction over civil cases in 10 urban counties in the United States. These 925,344 cases comprise approximately …
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