Danielle Hirsch

Danielle Elyce Hirsch works to develop, guide and implement policies and procedures of court consulting operations to expand access to justice for people without lawyers, people with limited English proficiency, and people with disabilities in need of accommodations in state and local courts. 

She and her team direct a number of important NCSC and Conference of Chief Justice/Conference of State Court Administrator initiatives, including the Eviction Diversion Initiative, CORA, Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR), and the National Task Force on Fees, Fines, and Pretrial Practices 2.0. Hirsch is the co-creator and a co-host of Tiny Chats.

Prior to joining NCSC, her experience included assistant director of Civil Justice Division of the Administrative Office of Illinois, executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice, and director of advocacy at The Chicago Bar Foundation. Hirsch also developed and managed Illinois JusticeCorps.