Human trafficking is a crime against a person wherein an individual is exploited for work or sex. There is a long history of human trafficking in the world, and the practice persists today among cases coming before our courts. Unlike… Read more »
Posts By: Melissa McMenemy and Charlene M. Watkins
IJIS Exchange
Part two of the three-part column on court project IT dream teams In our last column, we introduced the topic of “dream teams” and gave a few examples of high performers from the world of sports (the 1992 U.S. Olympic… Read more »
President’s Message
Welcome to this edition of the Court Manager. The NACM Board and 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 the NACM… Read more »
Courtside Conversation
Robert Carbeck
Robert Carbeck Deputy Court Administrator, Washtenaw County Michigan Trial Court Number of judges at court: Seven NACM member since: 2019 How did you get started in court administration?There was a need and I had some experience. I started my court… Read more »
Editor’s Note
Dear Reader, When I started writing this weeks ago, I led with the idea of change. After all, undertaking this editing role represents a change for me. But now that a pandemic change overtakes my daily job duties and much… Read more »
A Question of Ethics
When I think of a courthouse, I often envision a Doric-columned stately judicial building, focused on and controlled by judges. We often forget that many courts in this country are housed in multiuse government facilities. The courts in these facilities are often… Read more »
Early Career Professionals
My Career Path Almost 32 years ago, I needed a job. My mom said, “Work for the county. They will hire anyone.” Gee. Thanks, Mom. I had two choices—working in the courts or for the animal shelter where my mom worked…. Read more »
Management Musings
In Everyday Tao: Living in Balance and Harmony, the Chinese American author, artist, and teacher Deng Ming-Dao writes, “The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps… Read more »
Courtside Conversation
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) Editor’s Note: NACM’s next annual conference is scheduled to be held in New Orleans, July 12-16, 2020. Court Manager would like to help you get acquainted with some of our… Read more »
A Question of Ethics
Confidentiality: Are There Still Unanswered Questions? Confidentiality matters can seem black or white, with little to discuss in terms of ethics. Occasionally, a gray area emerges, which is worth exploring. Canon 2.6 of the NACM Model Codes states, “A court… Read more »
Management Musings
When Failure Is Everything In game four of the 1997 ALCS playoffs, Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surrendered a game-winning home run to Cleveland’s Sandy Alomar. Many believed that home run was pivotal in the series in which… Read more »
IJIS Exchange
A COLUMN DEDICATED TO THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON INFORMATION SHARING IN JUSTICESue Humphreys, IJIS Courts Advisory Committee, Vice Chair “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” These words, spoken by Nobel Peace Prize winner Christian Lous Lange… Read more »
The Challenges of Change: How Court Managers Can Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Civil Litigation
The American civil justice system is facing a reckoning. There are real concerns today about how civil justice is delivered in the United States. Faith in the system is thinning. Much of the population lacks access to legal services, despite… Read more »
Making Peace Outside the Courtroom: Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Initiatives
In 2018 the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Section and the court’s 21-member statewide Commission on Dispute Resolution pursued initiatives consistent with the National Center for State Courts’ poll reflecting that, not surprisingly, Americans prefer to avoid taking their… Read more »
Call and Response: Ohio’s Civil Justice Initiative Workshops
A Call to Action Paramount to the foundation of American government is a three-branch system, which specifically works to balance the power of each branch to protect the Constitution and the rights afforded to citizens of the United States. But… Read more »
Courts Tech-ing It to the Next Level
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Court News Ohio, a service of the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Government Telecommunications. Technology pervades our lives. We stay connected on smartphones, research everything online, talk to far-away relatives over video, check… Read more »
President’s Message
As we look forward to the coming year of continued exceptional NACM educational programming, we want to thank all who joined us for our 2018 conferences in Orange County, California and Atlanta, Georgia. With record attendance at both events, the… Read more »
Editor’s Note
About a month ago something strange happened. I was walking to work and noticed scooters, at least five, had just been left on the sidewalk. Interestingly, they all had the same sticker on the vertical post to the handle bar…. Read more »
Early Career Professionals
The average workplace in America today is made up of employees all over the age spectrum. With Baby Boomers electing to continue to work longer and newly minted adults starting to enter the work space, the professional environment is becoming… Read more »
Courtside ConversationDawn Palermo
Dawn Palermo Dawn Palermo is the judicial administrator at Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court. The court has three elected judges and two hearing officers with 56 staff members. Dawn has been a member of NACM since 1999. How did you get… Read more »
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