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Court Manager Vol. 35 #1 - Spring 2020
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Vol. 35 #1 - Spring 2020

In this Issue:
  • CourtFutures Top Trends to 2019 Survey Results: NACM Respondents

  • Framing Diversity and Inclusion for Court Managers: The Path to Justice for All

  • The High Performance Challenge: Employing Framework Concepts to Improve YOUR Court

  • Aligning Caseflow Management Practices with Generational Preferences

  • Language Access in Human-Trafficking Cases

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    CourtFutures Top Trends to 2019 Survey Results: NACM Respondents

    by Philip Knox and Peter C. Kiefer
    The Surveys We have summarized the best thinking of nearly 1,400 court professionals who reviewed 186 different scenarios of possible futures.1 This report highlights 2019 assessments and focuses on the responses of NACM members, comparing their assessments with those of... Read more »
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    Framing Diversity and Inclusion for Court Managers: The Path to Justice for All

    by Zenell Brown
    The Challenge For most court managers, the saying “Justice for All” is more than a T-shirt slogan. It is at the core of what the court system does every day. Court managers oversee and support complex services and activities, which... Read more »
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    The High Performance Challenge: Employing Framework Concepts to Improve YOUR Court

    by Janet Cornell, Cyril Miller, and Kent Pankey
    All courts are candidates for higher performance, and the High Performance Court Framework (HPCF, or the “Framework”) advocates concepts and processes by which any court can improve.  In our two previous articles, we contended that the continuing difficulties that so... Read more »
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    Aligning Caseflow Management Practices with Generational Preferences

    by Janet G. Cornell
    Court leaders can face challenges when implementing and institutionalizing caseflow management practices. Generational influences and preferences may impact success. This article considers caseflow management practices, influences on success, and suggestions about caseflow techniques that make use of generational tendencies. Caseflow... Read more »
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    Language Access in Human-Trafficking Cases

    by Melissa McMenemy and Charlene M. Watkins
    Human trafficking is a crime against a person wherein an individual is exploited for work or sex. There is a long history of human trafficking in the world, and the practice persists today among cases coming before our courts. Unlike... Read more »

Departments

    • President’s Message

      by Will Simmons
    • Editor’s Note

      by Charlene Watkins
    • Early Career Professionals

      by Tina Mattison
    • Courtside Conversation

      by Dawn Palermo
    • A Question of Ethics

      by Peter C. Kiefer
    • Management Musings

      by Giuseppe M. Fazari
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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.

CO-EDITOR

Dawn Palermo

Judicial Administrator
Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court, Harvey, LA
courtmanager@nacmnet.org


CO-EDITOR

Melinda Brooks

Grants & Special Projects Manager
Franklin County Municipal Court, Columbus, OH
courtmanager@nacmnet.org


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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