The House Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Subcommittee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2016 CJS bill on May 14, 2015, which included SJI’s full request totaling $5,121,000 (the same level as FY 2015). The bill was subsequently approved by the full Appropriations Committee on May 20th, and the House on June 4th. The Senate CJS …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors met on June 29, 2015, at the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Portland to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of fifteen (15) new grants. The Board awarded a Strategic Initiatives Grant (SIG) to support Phase III of the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative. With …
Read MoreThe National Consortium on Racial & Ethnic Fairness in the Courts (NCREFC) will hold its annual conference June 10-13, 2015, in Buffalo, New York. This year, SJI Board member and Chief Judge of the State of New York, Jonathan Lippman, will receive one of their highest honors. Recognized for his long career and a lasting …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 1:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine in Portland, Maine. The purpose of this meeting is to consider grant applications for the 3rd quarter of FY 2015, and other business. All portions of this …
Read MoreWith support from SJI (SJI-10-N-004), the Wisconsin Justice Initiative, comprised of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Director of State Courts, and the Planning and Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC), recently released findings and recommendations from an assessment conducted by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) on three promising alternatives to incarceration. The report includes a thorough …
Read MoreSJI established human trafficking as a Priority Investment Area in FY 2013. This led to the creation of the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative, consisting of the Center for Public Policy Studies (CPPS); Center for Court Innovation (CCI); National Judicial College (NJC); National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), Legal Momentum; and the National …
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