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Themes and programs for 2010 educational sessions focus on funding, re-engineering, and delay reduction.

The NCMC Executive Committee, meeting on October 14, 2009, authorized that all future conferences beginning with the 2010 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, scheduled to take place October 20-23, 2010, be sited at educational facilities managed and operated by the urban court host rather than locating the event at a hotel.   Under this plan, the… Continue Reading Themes and programs for 2010 educational sessions focus on funding, re-engineering, and delay reduction.

Annual Meetings to be conducted at host court sites, not hotels, to save costs and enhance choices for participants

Chief Judge Charles (Tim) McCoy, Executive Court Administrator Jack Clarke, Deputy Court Administrator Joi Sorensen and the judges and staff of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County have begun already to stretch out the educational program for the 2010 Annual Meeting to be sited at the court’s main courthouse in the heart of Los… Continue Reading Annual Meetings to be conducted at host court sites, not hotels, to save costs and enhance choices for participants

November 2008 Workshop on Reducing Trial Court Delay in Metropolitan Courts a success; more workshops planned for 2009

Over 36 participants attended a special 1½ day, hands-on seminar in Phoenix over Veterans Day (November 10-11) to learn practical techniques from caseflow experts to decrease delay in the flow of cases.  Court leaders from Pittsburgh (Common Pleas Court in Allegheny County), Anchorage (Superior Court in Anchorage) and Chicago (Circuit Court in Cook County) brought… Continue Reading November 2008 Workshop on Reducing Trial Court Delay in Metropolitan Courts a success; more workshops planned for 2009

Budget Cutback Strategies

3/20/2008 The slowing economy is impacting state, county and local governments. Lower sales tax revenues, property tax reductions resulting from home devaluations, and other faltering revenue sources are making it necessary for legislative bodies to request courts cut current expenditures and reduce future budgets. Many urban trial courts are facing hiring freezes, reductions in force,… Continue Reading Budget Cutback Strategies