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Court Manager Vol. 36 #2 - Fall–Winter 2021
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Vol. 36 #2 - Fall–Winter 2021

In this Issue:
  • An Overview of “Wildfires, Protests, and COVID: How Have Courts Coped with Compounding Crises?”

  • Making the Case for Online Dispute Resolution Platforms

  • Normalizing Failure with Online Dispute Resolution

  • Rural Justice Collaborative Announces Rural Justice Innovation Sites: Nation’s Top Rural Policy Reformers Select Nine Programs to Serve as Examples

Features

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    An Overview of “Wildfires, Protests, and COVID: How Have Courts Coped with Compounding Crises?”

    by Andra Motyka
    Podcast moderated by Peter C. Kiefer, Consultant, JPK Ventures, Inc., and Alyce Roberts, retired Special Projects Coordinator for the Alaskan Court System. Podcasts can be accessed through hnacmnet.org/podcasts. Virtual Panel Barbara Marcille, Trial Court Administrator in the Circuit Court for... Read more »
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    Making the Case for Online Dispute Resolution Platforms

    by Jarrett Gorlin
    Online dispute resolution (ODR) systems are more relevant and less risky, allowing courts to provide more access to justice. Technology Needs When COVID-19 hit, there were strict safety protocols and quarantine restrictions in effect in many places. Some courts, especially... Read more »
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    Normalizing Failure with Online Dispute Resolution

    by Renee Danser, Elaine Zhong, and D. James Greiner
    Courts were working on ways for litigants to engage remotely before COVID-19, though it may be that we just took notice because of COVID-19. It may also be that before COVID-19, court conversations on remote engagement were insular. One of... Read more »
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    Rural Justice Collaborative Announces Rural Justice Innovation Sites: Nation’s Top Rural Policy Reformers Select Nine Programs to Serve as Examples

    by Laurie Monteforte
    The Rural Justice Collaborative (RJC) Advisory Council, composed of rural judges along with additional stakeholders in the justice, child welfare, behavioral health, and public health systems, has selected nine of the country’s most innovative rural justice programs to serve as... Read more »
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Departments

President’s Message

by Kathy Griffin

Editor’s Notes

by Charlene Watkins

Courtside Conversations
T.J. BeMent

by Dawn Palermo

A Question of Ethics

by Peter C. Kiefer

Management Musings

by Giuseppe M. Fazari
New Members
Sustaining Members
2024–2025 Board of Directors

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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