Comparing state courts

Court Statistics Project

The Court Statistics Project (CSP) collects and analyzes data relating to the work of our nation's state courts.

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Judicial Salaries

The National Center for State Courts has published an annual Survey of Judicial Salaries for more than 30 years, and its online resource center allows you tosearch current salary data, view national rankings by position, and more.

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Judicial Selection

The American Judicature Society has compiled comprehensive informationon judicial selection processes and practices in each of the fiftystates and the District of Columbia.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Court-connected alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has spreadthroughout the country over the past few decades, so that every statenow has some type of court-connected ADR at some level -- but rarelystatewide. This database of ADR programs and practices attempts to showwhat ADR programs are in place in which state courts.

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Mass Tort Clearinghouse

As part of its Mass Tort Clearinghouse, the National Center for StateCourts conducted a survey to learn how mass torts are treated in thevarious state court systems.

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