Guides for court professionals

The Future Ready Courts framework expands traditional court strategic planning by incorporating a rigorous focus on the future. It includes three sets of activities to prepare courts for scenarios and circumstances specific to their jurisdictions and communities.

Strategic foresight helps discover key drivers of change; imagine alternative scenarios of the future; and analyze implications of the scenarios. By incorporating a rigorous focus on the future, our Future Ready Courts framework expands traditional court strategic planning by incorporating a rigorous focus on the future.

Several steps should be followed to execute a future ready courts plan. Implementation; monitoring trends and signals; and evaluation and adjustment are recommended to ensure your plan remains resilient. The Future Ready Courts framework expands traditional court strategic planning by incorporating a rigorous focus on the future.

Developing your court's vision, mission, and values; strategic priorities; goals & strategies; and action plan are among the activities involved in strategic planning. Our Future Ready Courts framework expands traditional court strategic planning by incorporating a rigorous focus on the future.

This Joint Technology Committee guide helps court administrators, IT leaders, judges, legal teams and staff establish cybersecurity measures including incident response teams, regular risk assessments, clear communication strategies and maintenance of public trust, in order to guard against a growing threat of cybercrimes such as ransomware, malware, phishing and insider threats.

Participatory action research (PAR) engages court participants, staff, legal professionals, and community members by gathering direct feedback on their experiences with the court and potential areas for improvement. Our guide provides guidance on how to involve the community in research.

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) provides various resources and guides for court management, ranging from implementing AI and cybersecurity basics to improving civil justice accessibility and expediting family cases through the use of triage tools.

Prepare for an increasingly AI-integrated world and successfully integrate AI into your court operations. This guide offers a comprehensive framework for assessing the current state of AI readiness in the court, and taking concrete steps to improve AI readiness.

Understand considerations for courts that are just beginning to think about AI and discover how to get started by building foundations.

Learn practical steps for identifying a specific AI project.

Guidance for courts that have already completed at least one successful AI implementation and are ready to begin a post-project feedback cycle.