Paving the Cowpath Last week I started my first class of the Institute for Court Management’s Court Management Program II course. Our instructor gave us some sage advice: “Don’t pave the cowpath.” I had heard the phrase, “You can’t put… Read more »
Posts By: Tasha Ruth
Framing Accessible Justice Through Procedure
Thirteen years ago, The Court Business Process Enhancement Guide was published. On page v of the foreword it reads: The business processes employed in clerks’ offices, court administration offices, courtrooms, and judges’ chambers were first developed to accomplish specific tasks… Read more »
NACM 2019 Annual Conference
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What’s Fair Is FARE: Arizona’s Path to Collections Compliance
Evolution of Court Collections Across the nation, attitudes and practices regarding court collection programs are changing. The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has updated CourTools Measure 7 (Legal Financial Obligations) to include surveys with litigants, judges, and court staff… Read more »
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Early Court Project Implementations and Emerging Issues
In the summer of 2017, the National Association for Court Management (NACM) was kind enough to publish our initial article, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coming to a Court Near You.”1 It was our hope to prompt some spirited discussion on possible… Read more »
Facing Technology Challenges Today
Living in a digital world means that traditionally legacy-based institutions like banks and courts are finally evolving their operations to keep pace with innovative tech advances across our daily lives. For example, the use of apps like Venmo and technologies… Read more »
Early Career Professionals
Find Your Voice When I first started as a court administrator, I had zero experience with the judicial or legal systems. There was a point where I received a traffic ticket, but I paid it right away and never needed… Read more »
President’s Message
Welcome to this edition of the Court Manager. The NACM Board and all of our volunteer committee members are engaged and doing a marvelous job on behalf of the association. I am amazed by their dedication and commitment. Please visit… Read more »
President’s Message
There are many amazing things happening with the National Association for Court Management (NACM). With the help and support of our members, partners, and sponsors, we’re able to excel at our mission in educating court professionals, providing community, sharing information,… Read more »
Editor’s Note
The Power of Pumpkin Spice By the time this issue of Court Manager goes live, your Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL, as the kids call it) will have gone cold (and probably old), only to be replaced with eggnog McFlurries… Read more »
Introduction to Nonlawyer Navigator Report Study
The access-to-civil-justice crisis looms large. An estimated 30 million litigants each year are reported to lack legal representation in the state courts. A full spectrum of approaches is required to mitigate this crisis. The Conference of Chief Justices and the… Read more »
Early Career Professionals
Learning to Fly No person, ever, in the history of mankind, was born with the ability to run. At first, we’re carried everywhere because we can’t do anything ourselves. Then we manage to get up on our hands and knees… Read more »
Courtside Conversation
Angie VanSchoick
Angie VanSchoick Court Administrator, Breckenridge Municipal Court, Breckenridge, Colorado NACM Board of Directors, elected July 2018 Number of judges at court: 1 NACM member since 2013 How did you come to work for the courts?I came to work for the… Read more »
Courtside Conversation
Rick Pierce
Rick Pierce Judicial Programs Administrator, Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts Director, NACM Chair of Governance Committee Assists over 900 general- and limited-jurisdiction judges upon request NACM member since 1988 How did you get started in court administration? My mother’s best… Read more »
Editor’s Note
KonMari-ing the Courts The other day my husband and I discovered the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, a series of allegedly “inspiring home makeovers.” If you’re not familiar, Marie Kondo uses the innovative KonMari Method™ from her best-selling… Read more »
A Lookback at the 2019 NACM Annual Conference
The National Association for Court Management held its 2019 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 22-25. The theme of this year’s annual conference was Court and Society: Creating Public Trust Through Engagement and Innovation. The agenda was full of… Read more »
IJIS Exchange
A column dedicated to the exchange of ideas on information sharing in justice The year was 1992, the place Barcelona, and the accomplishment was considered highly unlikely. Even with 12 of the most successful athletes ever assembled on a single… Read more »
A Question of Ethics
Their Primary Job Is the Court, But Do Your Employees Have a Say? Courts, like many other government entities, are notorious for offering low pay that is offset by the promise of good health insurance and retirement. Still, many court… Read more »
A Question of Ethics
Has Technology Changed the Meaning of Public Access? There is no question that technology has changed how we think of almost every aspect of dispensing justice. Twenty years ago, the way we did business unquestionably made sense at that time…. Read more »
Early Career Professionals
I don’t recall how I first learned about NACM. Most likely, my predecessor had been a member, and it seemed to be a good idea to join myself. Honestly, I had “fallen” into the court administrator position by happenstance. It… Read more »
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