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Court Manager Vol. 33 #3 - Fall 2018
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Vol. 33 #3 - Fall 2018

In this Issue:
  • The Challenges of Change: How Court Managers Can Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Civil Litigation

  • Making Peace Outside the Courtroom: Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Initiatives

  • Call and Response: Ohio’s Civil Justice Initiative Workshops

  • Courts Tech-ing It to the Next Level

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    The Challenges of Change: How Court Managers Can Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Civil Litigation

    by Serpil Ergun
    The American civil justice system is facing a reckoning. There are real concerns today about how civil justice is delivered in the United States. Faith in the system is thinning. Much of the population lacks access to legal services, despite... Read more »
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    Making Peace Outside the Courtroom: Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Initiatives

    by Catherine Geyer
    In 2018 the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Section and the court’s 21-member statewide Commission on Dispute Resolution pursued initiatives consistent with the National Center for State Courts’ poll reflecting that, not surprisingly, Americans prefer to avoid taking their... Read more »
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    Call and Response: Ohio’s Civil Justice Initiative Workshops

    by Colleen Rosshirt
    A Call to Action Paramount to the foundation of American government is a three-branch system, which specifically works to balance the power of each branch to protect the Constitution and the rights afforded to citizens of the United States. But... Read more »
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    Courts Tech-ing It to the Next Level

    by Kathleen Maloney
    Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Court News Ohio, a service of the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Government Telecommunications. Technology pervades our lives. We stay connected on smartphones, research everything online, talk to far-away relatives over video, check... Read more »
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Departments

President’s Message

by Paul DeLosh

Editor’s Note

by Tasha Ruth

Early Career Professionals

by Erin Tellez

Courtside ConversationDawn Palermo

by Alyce Roberts

A Question of Ethics

by Peter C. Kiefer

IJIS Exchange

by Jenny Bunch

Management Musings

by Giuseppe M. Fazari
New Members
Sustaining Members
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National Association for Court Management


The National Association for Court Management is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of judicial administration at all levels of courts nationwide. In carrying out its purpose, the association strives to provide its members with professional education and to encourage the exchange of useful information among them; encourages the application of modern management techniques to courts; and, through the work of its committees, supports research and development in the field of court management, the independence of the judicial branch, and the impartial administration of the courts.

EDITORS

Joseph D'Amico

Trial Court Administrator
17th Judicial Circuit Court, Fort Lauderdale, FL
jdamico@17th.flcourts.org


Jessica Humphreys

Superior Court Director
Yakima County Superior Court, Yakima, WA
Jessica.humphreys@co.yakima.wa.us


MANAGING EDITOR

Charles Campbell

National Center for State Courts
300 Newport Ave., Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 259-1838 ccampbell@ncsc.org

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