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• Access to Justice:  White Paper on Court Interpretation: Fundamental to Access to Justice (2007)

• Budgets and Financial Administration: State Judicial Branch Budgets in Times of Fiscal Crisis (2003)

  • Executive Summary: State Judicial Branch Budgets in Times of Fiscal Crisis

  • Courts are Not Revenue Centers (2011)

• Case Management: Effective Management of Family Law Cases (2002)

• Court Administration: Effective Judicial Governance and Accountability (2001)

• Court Administration: Promoting a Culture of Accountability and Transparency: Court System Performance Measures (2008)

• Court Records: "Digital Recording: Changing Times for Making the Record" (2009)

• Domestic Violence: Safety and Accountability: State Courts and Domestic Violence (2004)

• Emergency Preparedness: Emergency Preparedness in the State Courts (2006)

• Guardianships and Conservatorships: The Demographic Imperative: Guardianships and Conservatorships (2010)

• Information Sharing: Court Leadership in Justice Information Sharing (2002)

• Pretrial Release: Evidence-Based Pretrial Release (2012)

• Problem Solving: Position Paper on Problem-Solving Courts (1999)

• CCJ/COSCA Resolution (2000)

• CCJ/COSCA Resolution (2004)

• Public Records: Access to Court Records (2000)

• Racial and Ethnic Fairness: State Courts' Responsibility to Address Issues of Racial and Ethnic Fairness (2001)

• Self Representation: Self-Represented Litigation (2000)

  • CCJ/COSCA Task Force Report

• Technology: The Emergence of E-Everything (2005)

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