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Highlights from 2024 state of the judiciary addresses
Highlights from 2024 state of the judiciary addresses
Legislatures move to mandate or fund lactation spaces in courthouses
Legislatures move to mandate or fund lactation spaces in courthouses
Penny for your thoughts: How courts are dealing with coin payments
Penny for your thoughts: How courts are dealing with coin payments
Recent ICM papers examine restructuring juvenile justice systems
Recent ICM papers examine restructuring juvenile justice systems
2023 ICM Fellows papers survey court user experiences
2023 ICM Fellows papers survey court user experiences
Artificial intelligence and judicial ethics
Artificial intelligence and judicial ethics
Tech Series: Cybersecurity in a digital age
Tech Series: Cybersecurity in a digital age
National Women’s History Month 2024: Women in state courts of last resort
National Women’s History Month 2024: Women in state courts of last resort
Education is key to improving public trust in courts
Education is key to improving public trust in courts
2023 courts in the news roundup: Addressing judiciary and community needs
2023 courts in the news roundup: Addressing judiciary and community needs
Gavel to Gavel: 2024 starts with more than 35 security bills
Gavel to Gavel: 2024 starts with more than 35 security bills
Case management system upgrades enable greater case access
Case management system upgrades enable greater case access
Tech Series: Making permanent rule changes on remote or virtual proceedings
Tech Series: Making permanent rule changes on remote or virtual proceedings
Gavel to Gavel: New laws on court performance measures reporting
Gavel to Gavel: New laws on court performance measures reporting
Tech Series: Online and televised proceedings may help legitimacy perceptions
Tech Series: Online and televised proceedings may help legitimacy perceptions
Shifting payment choices
Shifting payment choices
Tech Series: CTC 2023 UX Court Capers Challenge
Tech Series: CTC 2023 UX Court Capers Challenge
FAQ: Which states have mandatory judicial retirement ages?
FAQ: Which states have mandatory judicial retirement ages?
Encourage volunteering: do it for your community and yourself!
Encourage volunteering: do it for your community and yourself!
National Adoption Month: focus on teens
National Adoption Month: focus on teens
Autism initiatives
Autism initiatives
Mobilization and expansion of court services in rural areas
Mobilization and expansion of court services in rural areas
Tech Series: what’s web scraping?
Tech Series: what’s web scraping?
Elevating Family Courts with the Families in Transition (FIT) Program
Elevating Family Courts with the Families in Transition (FIT) Program
FAQ: How small is a small claims case?
FAQ: How small is a small claims case?
Increasing diversity in jury pools
Increasing diversity in jury pools
Tech Series: Are parents more likely to appear at remote child welfare hearings?
Tech Series: Are parents more likely to appear at remote child welfare hearings?
Gavel to Gavel: Court issues in the ballot box
Gavel to Gavel: Court issues in the ballot box
Community engagement benefits courts and the public
Community engagement benefits courts and the public
Tech series: Procedural fairness and AI
Tech series: Procedural fairness and AI
Judicial Salary Survey: Trends of the last 10 years
Judicial Salary Survey: Trends of the last 10 years
Peers in Courts
Peers in Courts
Gavel to Gavel: 2023 laws to protect judges and their families
Gavel to Gavel: 2023 laws to protect judges and their families
Tech Series: Lights, camera, action in courtrooms
Tech Series: Lights, camera, action in courtrooms
Business courts expanding across the states
Business courts expanding across the states
FAQ: Who has statewide employee codes of conduct?
FAQ: Who has statewide employee codes of conduct?
Children in the courts: evaluation and training in juvenile cases
Children in the courts: evaluation and training in juvenile cases
Court navigators help self-represented litigants
Court navigators help self-represented litigants
A Miami chatbot means less staff time yet more help for users
A Miami chatbot means less staff time yet more help for users
Court employee shortages: still a concern
Court employee shortages: still a concern
Pretrial services can reduce recidivism and improve communities
Pretrial services can reduce recidivism and improve communities
Ombuds: the comeback kid
Ombuds: the comeback kid
Improving court forms: lessons learned from Forms Camp
Improving court forms: lessons learned from Forms Camp
Gavel to Gavel: 2023 changes to judicial selection
Gavel to Gavel: 2023 changes to judicial selection
New services for domestic violence
New services for domestic violence
Effective recruitment and retention practice in state judiciaries
Effective recruitment and retention practice in state judiciaries
Mental health: what are the tools for change?
Mental health: what are the tools for change?
2023: Hot Topics in State of Judiciary Addresses
2023: Hot Topics in State of Judiciary Addresses
NCSC Eviction Diversion Initiative: highlights from year one
NCSC Eviction Diversion Initiative: highlights from year one

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