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 »
Posts By: Giuseppe M. Fazari
NACM Members Honored for Their Accomplishments
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 »
Management Musings
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 »
Courtside Conversation
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 »
President’s Message
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 »
NACM’s Voice of the Profession Survey Results and Future Plans
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 »
A Question of Ethics
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 »
Editor’s Note
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 »
Innovating Justice: Will AI and LawTech Deliver Jack Cade’s Utopia?
This intentionally light-hearted article, in juxtaposition to the seriousness of the subject, is about judicial and legal efficiency. Not efficiency in the management consultant’s sense—less pay and more work make us “efficient” (if not despondent)—but, instead, how we, as court… Read more »
IJIS Exchange
A COLUMN DEDICATED TO THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON INFORMATION SHARING IN JUSTICESue Humphreys, IJIS Courts Advisory Committee, Vice Chair Congratulations! Your team just selected an excellent proposal for your new system. Even more exciting, it’s cloud based, a first… Read more »
Early Career Professionals
Energy vs. Time Management Time management has been a go-to focus within many work environments for years. In courts, certain processes and procedures need to be followed as we navigate our workday, so we need to be aware of where… Read more »
Ten Things You Should Know About Blockchain Today: A Guide for Court Managers
The story of the blockchain, law, and trust is still unfolding. It just might be one of the most important stories of our time.… [S]ystems based on blockchain technology’s foundational innovation could influence all aspects of business, government, and human… Read more »
Management Musings
In the New York Times best seller The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, Maxwell King discusses one of the most recognizable articles of clothing in American pop culture—the red knit cardigan that Fred Rogers would change… Read more »
Courtside Conversation
Johnny Tse
Johnny Tse Court Administrator, Buckeye Municipal Court, Buckeye, Arizona Number of judges at court: 1 (Appointed by city council) NACM member since 2013 How did you get started in court administration? I started working in the courts as a fines… Read more »
Effective Case Management: Striking the Balance Between Efficiency and Quality
Editor’s Note: The paper featured in this article comes from a special issue of Criminal Justice Policy Review, commissioned by the Data Collaborative for Justice. The Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, funded by… Read more »
Developing an Alternative Dispute Resolution System: Created to Serve, Driven to Grow
From the federal government to the smallest municipality, each bureaucracy is designed for a specific, unique function. In this labyrinth, each component can function independently; it is easy to lose sight that they best serve the public by becoming interdependent… Read more »
A Question of Ethics
Four Views on a Political Windfall You’ll Want to Know The opening line of the National Association for Court Management Model Code reads that service to the judicial branch involves a public trust. Part of that trust is upholding the… Read more »
Redefining Case Management
Case management is part of every civil justice reform proposal afoot in the nation. It is mentioned at every conference and in every set of recommendations. But here is the rub. The literature and experience on the ground all pointed… Read more »
A Fresh Start: What’s the Court’s Role?
It was a hot, muggy summer evening in 2010 that lead 19-year-old Peyton to the home of a schoolmate.1 Adding bored friends to a summer weekend with parents away at the Gulf meant the kids had the perfect ingredients for… Read more »
Management Musings
Keeping the Rust (and Dust) Off The metaphors “shaking off the dust” and “shaking off the rust” are common phrases that are sometimes used interchangeably. The expressions typically suggest that a person, group, or idea be brought back into use… Read more »
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