Tri-annual survey of judges and court staff. Monthly statistical reports on case processing times. Regular surveys of jurors. Annual or semi-annual surveys of people who come to the clerks' offices for services. To maintain high quality justice and court services, judges and staff need high quality continuing education.
Effective communication is critical to effective management in any organization.
To improve communication within the judicial districts, the Supreme Court will ask the district chief judges to organize an annual discussion group involving judges and staff within the respective districts. These discussion groups will provide a forum for expression of concerns and development of recommendations for addressing those concerns within the districts. The state court administrator also will initiate an effort to improve communication with the judicial districts and within state court administration. The bill gives the Supreme Court until January 2001 to adopt standards and rules to govern the program and to submit recommendations for funding to support implementation and administration of the program. The Mediation Study Group will submit proposals to the Supreme Court this fall to fulfill the requirements in the bill.