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8/10/04
USU
President Gives CCJ/COSCA Keynote
Utah
State University President Kermit L. Hall gave the keynote
address [view the PDF] at the
2004 annual meeting of the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference
of State Court Administrators in July. "Perpetuating the
Judiciary: The Judicialization of Public Life and the Independence of
the Judiciary in American History," offers an interesting look at
judicial politics.
8/10/04
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Court
Interpretation: State Links [View
the PDF] - to court
interpreter programs.
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Mental
Health Courts: State Links
[View
the PDF]
- to mental health courts including links.
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Rural
Courts: An Overview
[View the html]
and Resource Guide [View
the PDF] - provide valuable
information for rural courts. Issues include funding,
technology, and caseflow management, access to legal services, court
and staff performance, and special problems of rural courts such as
overcoming geography and distance.
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Crossing
Borders -
Regional Meeting on Implementing Full Faith and Credit Final Report
[View
the PDF]. See
also Appendices [View
the PDF]. One of the
most significant contributions to the safety of domestic violence
victims arising from the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are its
full faith and credit provisions. Courts and law enforcement
face numerous obstacles to achieving full faith and credit,
including differences in state laws governing protection orders, the
format and content of the orders, and inadequate data systems to
verify orders originating in another state. A key theme
emerging from the 1997 national conference, "Full Faith and
Credit: A Passport to Safety," was the need for coordination
and cooperation among states and tribes to overcome these
obstacles. Participants in the national conference recommended
regional meetings as a effective way to promote cooperation and
improved practice in enforcing protection orders across state and
tribal boundaries.
8/3/04
A
new joint effort is dedicated to helping courts develop and implement
solutions in key areas:
The
Center for Court Solutions (CCS) is a joint initiative of the State
Justice Institute, the National Center for State Courts and the Center
for Effective Public Policy. Visit solutions.ncsconline.org
for information about online, technical, and partnership assistance.
8/3/04
Register
online now for E-Courts
2004 - Linking the Legal System.
Learn more about E-Filing, privacy and public access, web services, XML
standards, meta knowledge integration, and new document production and
preservation systems. Opportunities for education and discussion
will help policy makers plan and position their courts to optimize their
investment in technology.
8/3/04
Creating
the Judicial Branch : The Unfinished Reform
by Robert Tobin is back in print. Click on the title to purchase
it from Amazon.com
7/21/04
Apply
for the Prestigious Innovations Award
Harvard
University invites you to apply for an Innovations in American
Government Award.
Administered
by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government in partnership with the Council for
Excellence in Government, the Innovations Award is given annually to
programs that serve as examples of creative and effective government at
its best. All units of government—federal,
state, local, tribal, and territorial—are
eligible to apply. Each of the five winners of the 2005
Innovations Award will receive a $100,000 grant to support replication
and dissemination activities. Applications and additional information
are available at www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu.
The 2005 Deadline has been extended until September 15, 2004.
 The PDF Reader -
You
will need Adobe's free PDF reader to view/print some of the links and
publications mentioned on the NCSC pages. To download the reader,
click on the Acrobat Reader icon above.
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