Week of Sunday 20 October 2024
Webinar: Courts Navigating the Behavioral Health Continuum
October 24th, 2024
Court Navigator Programs are gaining popularity in jurisdictions across the country. These programs guide people through the legal process and are crucial in establishing connections to community-based behavioral health, social, and human services.
Please join us to learn more about three jurisdictions using court navigators to assist court users. You will also gain insights into the role that Behavioral Health Administrators within the Administrative Office of the Courts play in coordinating and supporting Court Navigator Programs.
Moderator:
- Paula Carey, Chief Justice (retired), Massachusetts Trial Court
Presenters:
- Scott Block, State Court Behavioral Health Administrator, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
- Tessa Clements, Behavioral Health Program Supervisor | Office of Court Innovation, Washington Administrative Office of the Courts
- Ryan Keith, Recovery Navigator Program Administrator, Washington State Health Care Authority, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery
- Marisa Hebble, Senior Manager for Behavioral Health, Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court
For more information, email Miguel Trujillo.
View detailsWebinar: Updating Fines, Fees, and Pretrial Practices: An Illinois Case Study
October 24th, 2024
Growing interest in how courts impose and enforce payment of court-ordered fines and fees and manage the release of individuals awaiting trial has prompted a renewed focus on fines, fees, and pretrial practices.
Recently, the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators renewed the National Task Force on Fines, Fees, and Pretrial Practices to create a resource center and share information about how various jurisdictions approach fines, fees, and pretrial release.
Join us to learn how Illinois judges are adopting these principles to change their pretrial processes and discover what challenges and successes they’ve experienced to date.
Moderator:
- Hon. Elizabeth Clement, Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
Panelists:
- Presiding Judge Mary Marubio, Pretrial Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
- Hon. Debra D. Schafer, 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Rockford, Illinois
For more information, email Laina Combest-Friedman.
View detailsWebinar: Family-Centered Fridays - Improving Family Court Forms
October 25th, 2024
Access to justice is a key principle of Family-Centered Justice. During this Family-Centered Fridays webinar, learn how courts
are expanding access to justice for families by improving family court forms.
Alisa Kim from NCSC’s Forms Camp (focused on family court forms) and Leora Hoshall from Equal Justice Wyoming will discuss what they have learned so far and share examples of how they are using best practices in plain language, form design, user testing, and form accessibility.
Moderator:
- Marie Contreras, Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
Presenters:
- Leora Hoshall, VISTA Supervisor, Wyoming Judicial Branch
- Alisa Kim, Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
If you have any questions or require an interpreter, please email Conor Geiger.
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