Gender Fairness Task Forces and Reports - Gender and Racial Fairness State Links

Report of the Alaska Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Fairness and Access. Alaska Court System (October, 1997). The Alaska Supreme Court formed the Advisory Committee on Fairness and Access to examine racial and ethnic bias in the Alaska state court system.

California

Programs: Access and Fairness . California Courts. This site provides activities, information, and reports related to the California Judicial Council Access and Fairness Advisory Committee.

Reports and Publications: Access and Fairness. California Courts. This page presents documents and publications from the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Access and Fairness including its subcommittees related to disability, race and ethnic, and gender fairness in the courts.

Access and Fairness in California Law Schools . A report on the focus group project of the Judicial Council of California's Access and Fairness Advisory Committee and the State Bar of California's Office of Legal Services, Access and Fairness Programs, February 2008.

Colorado

Fairness and Diversity Committee. Colorado Judicial Branch.

Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee . Colorado Bar Association.

2000 Colorado Gender and Justice Annual Report. Colorado Judicial Branch, Fairness and Diversity Committee.

DC

Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts. District of Columbia Courts. Provides links to the Committee's reports and evaluations.

Final Report: Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts. Wagner, Hon. Annice M., Hon. Eugene N. Hamilton, and Ulyssess B. Hammond. District of Columbia Courts, Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts (1994).

Ensuring Fairness and Access to the Courts in a Changing World: A Ten Year Retrospective and Prospective Examination. Wagner, Hon. Annice M., Hon. Rufus G. King III, and Anne B. Wicks. District of Columbia Courts, Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the D.C. Courts (2002).

Florida

Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity. Florida State Courts. This site provides links to all of the Committee's reports, including those related to elder, disabled, gender, race, and ethnic fairness.

Georgia

Georgia Access and Fairness in the Courts Committee . Judicial Branch of Georgia. This site contains links to all reports by the Committee.

Gender and Justice in the Courts—A Report to the Supreme Court of Georgia . Supreme Court of Georgia, Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, 1991.

Indiana

Indiana Commission on Race and Gender Fairness .

Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness Executive Report and Recommendations . Supreme Court of Indiana, 2002.

Interim Recommendation of the Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness. Indiana Supreme Court, 2001. This report discusses the Commission's recommendation that the State of Indiana investigate the creation of a court interpreter program.

Iowa

Final Report of the Equality in the Courts Task Force, Executive Summary . Supreme Court of Iowa (1993).

Response to the Final Report of the Equality in the Courts Task Force. Supreme Court of Iowa (1995).

Maryland

Retrospective Report Select Committee on Gender Equality . Annapolis, MD: State Court Administrator, Select Committee on Gender Equality, October 2001.

Massachusetts

Within Our Reach: Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Equality within the Courts . The Administrative Office of the Trial Court and the Supreme Court of Massachusetts (2004). This manual provides important guidelines concerning appropriate behavior for those who work in the judicial branch and for those who use our court system.

Michigan

Bias Free Behavior in the Courts History . Michigan Courts. This pamphlet provides information regarding the history of providing racial and ethnic fairness in Michigan courts.

Report of the State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Courts and Legal Profession. Lansing: State Bar of Michigan, 1998.

Summary Report on the Supreme Court’s Efforts to Implement Recommendations of the Citizens Commission to Improve Michigan Courts and the Race/Ethnic and Gender Issues Task Force. Michigan Supreme Court, 1997. Report contains a summary of the efforts of the Michigan Supreme Court to implement recommendations made by the Citizens Commission and the Race/Ethnic and Gender Issues Task Force concerning the fairness and operation of Michigan Trial Courts.

Minnesota

Gender Fairness Implementation Committee. Minnesota Supreme Court.

Mississippi

The Mississippi Bar Association Women in the Profession Committee.

Court Gender Fairness Task Force Issues Findings and Recommendations. Mississippi Administrative Office of the Courts Press Release (November, 2002).

Nebraska

Gender and Justice: Implementing Gender Fairness in the Courts . Lincoln: Nebraska Supreme Court, Gender Fairness Implementation Committee (1999).

New Jersey

Final Report of the Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Issues . Trenton: New Jersey Supreme Court, September 26, 2001. See also, Administrative Determinations.

New Mexico

Gender Equality in the Courts: A Guide for all New Mexico State and Federal Courts. State Bar of New Mexico Committee on Women and the Legal Profession and the New Mexico Supreme Court (2005). This Handbook was created in response to the findings and recommendations made by the Task Force on Women and the Legal Profession.

New York

Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts. New York State Courts.

North Dakota

Gender Fairness Implementation Committee . North Dakota Supreme Court

Gender Fairness Implementation Committee Report of 2002-2003 Activities . North Dakota Supreme Court.

Gender Fairness in North Dakota's Courts: A Ten Year Assessment. North Dakota Supreme Court.

Oregon

Access to Justice for All Committee. State of Oregon's Judicial Branch.

Gender Fairness 2002: Report of the Oregon Judicial Department Access to Justice for All Committee. Oregon Judicial Department (2002).

Report of the Oregon Supreme Court/Oregon State Bar Task Force on Gender Fairness. Oregon Supreme Court/Oregon State Bar Task Force on Gender Fairness (1998).

Pennsylvania

Report a Bias-Related Incident . Pennsylvania Inter-Agency Task Force on Civil Tension. Provides information on reporting a bias-related incident. Agency is committed to preventing and responding to bias-related incidents in the state of Pennsylvania.

South Dakota

South Dakota Equal Justice Commission: 2006 Final Report and Recommendations. South Dakota Supreme Court, Equal Justice Commission (2006).

Tennessee

Implementing Fairness: The Report to the Committee to Implement the Recommendations of the Race and Ethnic Fairness Commission and Gender Fairness Commission. Presented to the Tennessee Supreme Court, (October 2000).

Report of the Commission on Gender Fairness . Tennessee Supreme Court, Commission on Gender Fairness (1997).

Texas

Guidelines for Practicing Gender Neutral Courtroom Procedures. Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The Gender Bias Reform Implementation Committee has created this handbook as a guideline for judges, attorneys, and court personnel.

Vermont

Committee on Fairness and Access to Justice. Vermont Judiciary.

Washington

Final Report: Self-Audit for Gender and Racial Equity: A Survey of Washington Law Firms . Northwest Research Group Inc. (2001). Final report of results from a survey conducted by the Glass Ceiling Task Force on gender, race, and ethnic bias.

West Virginia

Committee on Equality in the West Virginia Judiciary . West Virginia Judiciary.