Core Issues
Civil Justice Reform
To eliminate unnecessary delay and disproportionate cost for all litigants, we advocate a comprehensive review of our civil justice process and reform of ineffective areas as needed.
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Civil Case Management
To eliminate unnecessary delay and disproportionate cost for all litigants, we advocate improved civil case management in federal and state courts around the nation.
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Judicial Selection
To maintain the strongest judiciary possible, we support the appointment, evaluation and retention judicial selection systems, otherwise known as merit selection.
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Judicial Performance Evaluation
To bolster public confidence in our judiciary through greater accountability and to support excellence in our nation’s judicial ranks, we advocate strong judicial performance evaluation programs in every jurisdiction in the United States.
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Judicial Independence
To support our nation’s judiciary in the face of on-going attacks on its authority and independence, we advocate increased public education about the true role and relevance of the courts in the lives of all Americans.
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Domestic Relations
We plan to develop a best practices model for the processing of divorce cases —which represent a significant portion of the work of our courts—because the traditional court process is slow, inefficient, expensive and often incomprehensible to most who seek access to the courts for this reason.Click here for current projects.