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Read more →ABA Journal | Aug 23, 2013 To make it easier to communicate with prospective jurors called for duty, New Jersey courts are now offering alerts via text and email. In the past, jurors were required to call in to a phone number or visit njcourts.com to find out the status of their jury duty, according… Continue Reading When do I report for jury duty? NJ offers text alerts for prospective jurors
By Richard Schauffler & Kevin S. Burke Although most of the time people tell the truth, people do lie. On a bad day, those working in the justice system get lied to all day long. Some days the lies are harmless, even unnecessary, and they amuse and entertain. Some of the lies are a… Continue Reading Who Are You Going to Believe?
Representatives of the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts (NCMC) and the National Association for Court Management (NACM) met for the second time in the last six months at the NACM Annual Conference in San Antonio to further discuss developing a closer relationship between the two organizations. NCMC representatives included Judge Dennis Smith, Jack Clarke and… Continue Reading NCMC and NACM to hold Joint Conference in Scottsdale AZ July 2014
Published: May 7, 2013 | Pew Research Center, Criminal Justice Trends Pace of Decline Slows in Past Decade National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government… Continue Reading Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware
Published May 2012 | Pew Research Center on Demographic Trends The Great Recession’s impact on families, wealth, children, young adults, older Americans and other realms of life raises intriguing questions. There’s been a recent surge of interest in its affect on divorce and whether and how the poor economy has an impact on marriage dissolution… Continue Reading Divorce and the Great Recession
Springfield, IL – In mid-May 2013, two NCMC officers – President Judge Pamela Dembe and Executive Director Gordy Griller – participated as members of a faculty team that presented a 1 ½ day retreat on Trial Court Leadership for the Illinois Conference of Chief Circuit Court Judges. Judicial leaders from all 24 Illinois Judicial Circuits… Continue Reading NCMC Shares Leadership Expertise at Illinois Chief Circuit Judges Conference
Los Angeles Superior Court Executive Officer John (Jack) A. Clarke recently announced his retirement effective March 31, 2013, culminating a very productive and active 18 year career with the court. Previously, Mr. Clarke served as the Trial Court Executive for the Superior Court in Essex Vicinage (Greater Newark) New Jersey, that state’s largest court. The… Continue Reading Los Angeles Superior Court Searches for a New Executive Officer
