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Read more →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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
At the 2013 Mid-Year Conference of the National Association for Court Management (NACM), leaders of the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts (NCMC) met with NACM Board Members to discuss a closer relationship between the two groups. It is envisioned that such a collaboration would help to re-invigorate membership in both organizations, jointly strengthen educational programming,…
