New Hampshire

State Judiciary Principles

 General

• New Hampshire courts must maintain or even improve access to justice by New Hampshire citizens, families, and businesses.
• New Hampshire courts must promote the Rule of Law while treating all citizens with fairness, respect, and integrity. 
• New Hampshire courts must deliver timely, efficient, understandable, and cost-effective access to justice. 

Judicial Resources

• Judicial officers must be allocated as the most valuable resource in the court system, provided fairness safeguards are preserved for litigants, attorneys, and the public.
• The courts must consider case processing changes to maximize judicial efficiency, provided fairness safeguards are preserved for litigants, attorneys, and the public. 

Jurisdiction

• The authority of judges to hear different types of cases should be considered in light of the needs of citizens, families, and businesses.   

Non-Judicial Staff

• The courts must provide non-judicial staff with opportunities to specialize, while preserving the ability of staff to perform other specialized tasks. 
• The courts should streamline the management and supervision of non-judicial staff.
• The courts must make the case processing changes needed to maximize non-judicial staff efficiency, provided fairness safeguards are preserved.

Court Technology

• The courts should use 21^st Century technologies to provide litigants and lawyers with the information they need about their cases and about court processes to ensure effective access to the courts.
• The courts must use all available technologies to reduce costs, in time and money, of access to justice by litigants and attorneys. 
• The courts must use 21^st Century technologies to make case processing and court information management more efficient.

  Facilities

• Court facilities, and the services offered at each facility, should be tailored to the needs of citizens, families, and businesses in the 21^st Century.