May 19 | NCSC Court Consulting Services staff is presenting recommended space strategies to the Polk County, Iowa (Des Moines) Board of Supervisors for the adaptive reuse of an old jail as a criminal courts building, a former J.C. Penney building as a justice system annex, and the renovation of the Historic Polk County Courthouse for civil and court administration functions.

May 20-23 | An NCSC staff member is attending the Accountability Courts Conference in Atlanta, Ga. The theme of this year’s conference is Setting the Standard: Measuring the Work, Marking Our Progress, and Making a Difference.

May 22 | NCSC Court Consulting Services (CCS) is holding a meeting with court and county government officials to discuss and plan how improvements in district court felony case flow management might contribute to county-level detention reform efforts in Albuquerque, N.M.

May 22-24 | NCSC Court Consulting Services (CCS) staff is participating in the 2013 Western Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) workshop in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

May 23-24 | NCSC is hosting a seminar, Reengineering: Preparing Courts for the 21st Century, for judges, court administrators, law enforcement officers, first responders and county officials in Phoenix, Ariz.

May 25 | NCSC President Mary McQueen is presenting at the Bioethics Course for Judges in Naples, Italy.