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August 2023 | Vol. 33, No. 11

Grantee Spotlight: National Center for State Courts:

Blueprint for Racial Justice Initiative

The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference

of State Court Administrators (COSCA) issued a

resolution in 2020 that called on courts to ‘intensify

efforts to combat racial prejudice within the justice

system... and to recommit to examine what systemic

change is needed to make equality under the law an

enduring reality for all.” What followed was the creation

of the Blueprint for Racial Justice initiative (Blueprint).

Led by a steering committee of members from CCJ and

COSCA, staffed by the National Center for State Courts

(NCSC), and supported with funding from the State

Justice Institute, the Blueprint is a national community of

court professionals from around the... Read more

In the News

Blueprint for Racial Justice Introduces CORA

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC)'s Blueprint for Racial Justice, funded by SJI,

recently launched one of its most ambitious and anticipated projects, Court Opportunity

Recruitment for All (CORA). CORA is a web-based platform developed to broaden the

diversity of the bench and bar by helping state courts recruit from a national pool of law

students – and at the same time, provide law students a universal application process with

access to court positions nationwide... Read more

New Findings From the "Understanding the Population of People With Frequent

Jail Contact" Project
Policy Research Associates (PRA) is pleased to announce the findings from its recently

completed project, "Understanding the Population of People with Frequent Jail Contact."

This mixed-methods project examined the flow of people with frequent jail contact through

the criminal legal system across three counties in the United States. The project assessed

the counties’ strategies to reduce frequent jail contact, especially the impact that those

strategies had on People of Color and people with behavioral health... Read more

IAALS Releases National Framework for States to Create New Tier of Legal

Professionals Who Can Offer More Affordable Legal Help

IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of

Denver, announced the release of its new report, Allied Legal Professionals: A National

Framework for Program Growth. As part of IAALS’ Allied Legal Professionals project—

which is generously supported by the Sturm Family Foundation—this report includes

multiple research-informed recommendations to help standardize a new tier of legal

professionals across states, with the goal of increasing the options for... Read more

Announcements

New Webinar! The

National Center for

State Courts will be

hosting: The Promises

and Perils of AI in the Courts - AI

101 on August 16th, 2023, at

3:00PM EST. In this series of

webinars, court leaders and subjectmatter experts will demystify the

basics of AI (artificial intelligence)

and discuss its impact to the

practice of law and the courts. You’ll

learn how AI can both help and

potentially harm the work of the

courts. Register here.

New Webinar! The

National Immigrant

Women's Advocacy

Project (NIWAP) will be

hosting: Effective

Protection Orders For Immigrant

Survivors on August 17th, 2023, at

3:00PM EST. This national webinar

will address custody awards, U Visa

certification, Special Immigrant

Juvenile Status (SIJS) findings,

protection order enforcement, and

best practices for drafting court

orders in protection proceedings.

Register here.

Join the National

Center for State Courts

(NCSC)'s Backlog

Reduction Learning

Collaboratives. Supported by State

Justice Institute, this series will

focus on issues surrounding

criminal case backlogs. 1st session:

Upcoming Symposium!

The 2023 National

Interdisciplinary

Cannabis

Symposium. As cannabis

legalization and regulation evolve,

the United States is at a tipping

point. These continued changes in
Digital Evidence on 8/22. 2nd

session: Criminal Continuance

Policy on 8/29. 3rd session:

Criminal Case Scheduling Order

on 8/30. For more information and

to register today, click here.

laws are impacting our courts and

society, and are creating a dynamic

and sometimes confusing

landscape for a variety of disciplines

including judges, attorneys, law

enforcement, drug... Read more

Upcoming Event!

The National Council of

Juvenile and Family

Court Judges

(NCJFCJ) will be hosting: Courting

Judicial Excellence: A Juvenile

Justice Judicial Training Institute in

Albuquerque, New Mexico from

September 24th – 28th, 2023.

Sponsored by the Council for State

Governments (CSG) and funded by

the State Justice Institute. Register

here.

New Webinar! The

National Judicial

College (NJC) will be

hosting: Impaired

Driving 2023: Where Are We? on

October 11th, 2023, at 3:00PM

EST. This fast-paced course will

highlight what today’s impaired

driver looks like, and will identify

various issues and challenges that

trial judges face in their handling of

impaired driving cases. Register

here.

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please send all content to contact@sji.gov by the 10th of the month.

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The next deadline to submit a

grant application to SJI

is Nov 1, 2023.

Learn more about SJI grants and apply

today!

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