Vol. 36 #2 - Fall–Winter 2021
In this Issue:An Overview of “Wildfires, Protests, and COVID: How Have Courts Coped with Compounding Crises?”
Features
An Overview of “Wildfires, Protests, and COVID: How Have Courts Coped with Compounding Crises?”
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 »Read More »Making the Case for Online Dispute Resolution Platforms
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 »Read More »Normalizing Failure with Online Dispute Resolution
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 »Read More »Rural Justice Collaborative Announces Rural Justice Innovation Sites: Nation’s Top Rural Policy Reformers Select Nine Programs to Serve as Examples
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 »