National Association for Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers

Effective Judicial Leadership Needed

It is demoralizing to feel unappreciated, so it is not surprising that many court leaders feel a bit despondent when people don’t care if courts have to do more with less. Some members of the public feel that “courts are no different than the rest of government,” and “we should have less government anyway.” Naturally, those of us who work in the courts interpret tighter funding to really mean that our work is valued less and less. These improvements have not been matched by higher levels in people of trust and confidence in their courts.

2016 Conference Speakers

JUDGE JEROME (JERRY) B. ABRAMS is a Minnesota State District Court who came on to the Bench in 2008 after 27 years of a busy civil trail practice, much of it handling a wide variety of civil litigation. As a lawyer he tried numerous civil cases, some enormous, some large and not so large in a number…

A Judge Reflects on How to Reduce Courtroom Violence

ABA e-News, November 25, 2014 | By Admin In 2006, a man involved in a bitter divorce stabbed his wife to death, then went down to the courthouse and from 200 yards away shot Judge Chuck Weller at the Second Judicial Court in Reno, Nev. The judge recovered and returned to work, but his experience lead…

American Judicature Society (AJS) Closes Doors after 101 Years

Press release from AJS Headquarters in Nashville, TN | Oct 1, 2014 On September 26, 2014, the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society (AJS) approved a plan to dissolve the Society and wind up its affairs. AJS was the original “fair courts” citizen organization and, for 101 years, has worked nationally to protect…

NCMC Leaders to Participate in Special Civil Justice Roundtable at Prestigious Rehnquist Dinner Event in Washington D.C. November 20, 2014

National Center for State Courts | September 2014 Annually, the National Center for State Courts presents the William H. Rehnquist Award at a special dinner ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Supreme Court Building hosted by the Chief Justice of the United States John J. Roberts. The award honors a state jurist who…

ABA Program on Fairness in Juries set for San Diego – Oct 23-24

ABA American Jury Project Announcement | July, 2014 The ABA Commission on the American Jury is hosting a bi-annual National Symposium on the topic of “Assuring Fair and Impartial Juries” at the University of San Diego School of Law, Joan B. Kroc Center for Peace Studies. A block of rooms has been reserved at…

10 things judges can do to help business litigation be more efficient and less expensive

ABAjournal.com | April 25, 2014 Patrick Lamb, Valorem Law Group, a Chicago and San Jose business focused law firm, recently offered some sage advice on how courts could be more effective in resolving corporate litigation. He wrote… I recently lived through a litigator and client’s bad dream—a case that settled on the eve (literally) of…