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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
When the Snow Melts The Dave Matthews Band has sold more than 30 million albums making it one of the highest-selling music acts of all time. The band’s original trio was formed in 1991 after David John Matthews, then working… Read more »
Warren E. Burger Award The National Association for Court Management (NACM) congratulates the 2019 Warren E. Burger Award recipient, Michigan State University Professor Maureen Connor. The National Center for State Courts’ Warren E. Burger Award recognizes an individual whose service… Read more »
Anagnorisis Anagnorisis is the moment when a character in a play or other creative work makes a critical discovery. In his Poetics, Aristotle defined it as a “change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined… Read more »
Celebrating those who have been NACM Members since 1985 when NACM was founded. *Interviewees were asked various questions about NACM and their long-standing membership. G. Terry AragonJeffrey M. ArnoldJean AtkinKent Batty*P. Mark BerkshireKevin J. Bowling*David K. BoydDavid A. CableSheila Gonzalez… Read more »
Transformational Court Leadership and Employee Job Satisfaction As court managers we are individuals with distinct leadership styles. While I do not profess that any style is better than another, I am convinced that transformational leadership is a style that can… Read more »
Last August at NACM’s annual conference in Atlanta, then President Vicky Carlson delivered the association’s inaugural State of the Profession Address. If you missed it or would like to listen to it again, it is available on the NACM YouTube… Read more »
It is cliché to say that technology is constantly changing our lives, yet it is also an undeniable truth. Questions we once considered hypothetically are now commonplace choices. One such question involves the ethics of casually recording events and meetings… Read more »
I was recently on a rather mundane conference call when one of the participants began describing a new book called It’s the Manager by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter. He raved about it so much that I decided to take… Read more »
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