C O U R T S & C O M M U N I T I E S I 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 1 9

A D V A N C I N G

FR

OM

CH

IEF

JU

ST

ICE

SC

OT

T B

AL

ES

Our S

tate

’s gr

eate

st st

reng

th is

the

dive

rsity

of o

ur p

eopl

e an

d pl

aces

. The

vibr

ant m

osai

c for

med

by o

ur

varie

d co

mm

uniti

es a

nd cu

lture

s has

attr

acte

d m

any t

o Ar

izona

and

cont

inue

s to

defin

e us

. Thr

ough

out o

ur

hist

ory,

Arizo

nans

, whe

ther

nat

ives

or n

ewco

mer

s, ha

ve b

een

optim

istic,

har

d-wo

rkin

g, a

nd d

eter

min

ed to

bu

ild a

bet

ter f

utur

e.

Arizo

nans

also

are

one

in b

elie

ving

that

all

peop

le sh

ould

be

treat

ed fa

irly,

thei

r rig

hts s

houl

d be

resp

ecte

d,

and

they

shou

ld b

e we

ll se

rved

by a

gov

ernm

ent t

hat f

ollo

ws th

e la

w. O

ur co

urts

exi

st to

secu

re th

ese

goal

s.

Ever

y day

, mor

e th

an 5

00 ju

dicia

l offi

cers

and

thou

sand

s of o

ther

judi

cial b

ranc

h em

ploy

ees w

ork

dilig

ently

to

serv

e th

eir c

omm

uniti

es b

y adm

inist

erin

g ju

stice

for a

ll Ar

izona

ns, w

heth

er th

ey li

ve in

our

larg

est c

ities

or

our m

ore

spar

sely

pop

ulat

ed d

eser

ts a

nd m

ount

ain

area

s.

The

cour

ts’ n

ew st

rate

gic a

gend

a, A

dvan

cing

Just

ice To

geth

er: C

ourts

and

Com

mun

ities

, ref

lect

s inp

ut fr

om

cour

t per

sonn

el a

nd th

e pu

blic

thro

ugho

ut o

ur S

tate

. It

reaf

firm

s goa

ls su

cces

sful

ly p

ursu

ed u

nder

prio

r Chi

ef

Just

ices a

nd o

ther

cour

t lea

ders

, and

it b

uild

s on

our w

ell-e

stab

lishe

d an

d na

tiona

lly re

cogn

ized

tradi

tions

of

exce

llenc

e in

judi

cial a

dmin

istra

tion,

edu

catio

n, a

nd in

nova

tion.

Our f

irst g

oal i

s pro

mot

ing

acce

ss to

just

ice a

s tec

hnol

ogy a

nd o

ur S

tate

’s po

pula

tion

and

econ

omy c

ontin

ue

to ch

ange

. By

impl

emen

ting

elec

troni

c cas

e fil

ing

and

acce

ss st

atew

ide,

iden

tifyi

ng b

est p

ract

ices f

or va

rious

co

urt o

pera

tions

, and

dev

elop

ing

new

prog

ram

s lik

e ve

tera

ns co

urts

and

the

use

of vi

deo

rem

ote

inte

rpre

ters

, we

will

striv

e to

bet

ter s

erve

our

com

mun

ities

, inc

ludi

ng th

ose

who

are

mos

t vul

nera

ble,

such

as c

hild

ren,

the

elde

rly, a

nd vi

ctim

s of h

uman

traf

ficki

ng o

r oth

er cr

imes

.

Adva

ncin

g ju

stice

in A

rizon

a re

quire

s cou

rts a

nd co

mm

uniti

es to

wor

k to

geth

er.

Our c

ourts

can

prov

ide

timel

y an

d ac

cess

ible

just

ice o

nly i

f the

y hav

e ad

equa

te re

sour

ces a

nd o

ther

pub

lic su

ppor

t, in

cludi

ng th

e m

any

volu

ntee

rs w

ho se

rve

on fo

ster

care

revi

ew b

oard

s, as

hea

ring

offic

ers,

on ju

dicia

l nom

inat

ing

com

mitt

ees,

and

in o

ther

cour

t-rel

ated

role

s. To

ear

n th

e su

ppor

t of o

ur co

mm

uniti

es, w

e wh

o wo

rk in

the

judi

ciary

mus

t co

ntin

ue to

exe

mpl

ify o

ur d

eep

com

mitm

ent t

o fa

irnes

s, in

tegr

ity, e

fficie

ncy,

and

equa

l jus

tice

unde

r law

.

I loo

k fo

rwar

d to

our

wor

k in

adv

ancin

g ju

stice

toge

ther

.

—S

cott

Bale

s, Ch

ief J

ustic

e

– 1

–

GO

AL

1

TO JUSTICEAr

izon

ans

look

to o

ur co

urts

to p

rote

ct th

eir r

ight

s an

d to

reso

lve

disp

utes

fairl

y

and

effic

ient

ly. T

o se

rve

thes

e en

ds, A

rizon

a’s

judi

cial

bra

nch

mus

t wor

k to

ens

ure

that

all

indi

vidu

als

have

effe

ctiv

e ac

cess

to ju

stic

e. Th

is g

oal i

s ad

vanc

ed n

ot o

nly

by e

xam

inin

g le

gal r

epre

sent

atio

n fo

r mod

erat

e an

d lo

w-in

com

e pe

rson

s, b

ut

also

by

help

ing

self-

repr

esen

ted

litig

ants

and

oth

ers

navi

gate

the

judi

cial

pro

cess

and

by u

sing

tech

nolo

gy to

mak

e co

urts

mor

e ac

cess

ible

to a

ll.

Acc

ess to

justi

ceOu

r cou

rts sh

ould

wor

k with

oth

ers i

n go

vern

men

t and

our

com

mun

ities

to as

sess

the

lega

l nee

ds o

f m

odes

t to

low-

inco

me

indi

vidua

ls an

d to

dev

elop

stra

tegi

es to

bet

ter s

erve

thos

e ne

eds.

Crea

te a

state

wide

com

miss

ion,

inclu

ding

mem

bers

of t

he p

ublic

, to

study

and

reco

mm

end

ways

to p

rom

ote

acce

ss to

justi

ce.

Iden

tify w

ays t

o pr

omot

e pa

rticip

atio

n by

lawy

ers i

n ac

cess

to ju

stice

initi

ative

s and

reco

gnize

th

em fo

r the

ir pr

ofes

siona

l and

fina

ncia

l con

tribu

tions

.

Iden

tify w

ays t

o im

prov

e fu

ndin

g fo

r the

judi

cial b

ranc

h an

d th

e co

urts’

ong

oing

abili

ty to

pr

ovid

e ac

cess

to co

urt s

ervic

es.

Serv

ices f

or se

lf-rep

resen

ted li

tigan

tsM

any p

eopl

e ca

nnot

affo

rd o

r cho

ose

not t

o ob

tain

lega

l rep

rese

ntat

ion

in co

urt p

roce

edin

gs.

Cons

eque

ntly,

the

cour

ts m

ust b

e pr

epar

ed to

assis

t sel

f-rep

rese

nted

indi

vidua

ls in

und

ersta

ndin

g co

urt p

roce

sses

and

lega

l pro

cedu

res.

Expa

nd ac

cess

to w

eb-b

ased

form

s, e-fil

ing,

and

info

rmat

ion

desc

ribin

g le

gal t

erm

s and

cour

t pr

oced

ures

.

Ensu

re co

urt f

orm

s and

info

rmat

ion,

whe

ther

in e

lectr

onic

or p

aper

form

, are

eas

ily

unde

rsta

ndab

le.

Colla

bora

te w

ith le

gal s

ervic

es ag

encie

s and

the A

rizon

a Fou

ndat

ion

for L

egal

Ser

vices

and

Educ

atio

n to

dev

elop

stra

tegi

es to

exp

and

lega

l and

oth

er se

lf-he

lp se

rvice

s for

mod

est-

to lo

w-

inco

me

litig

ants.

Prov

ide

front

-end

tria

ge an

d re

ferra

l ser

vices

to as

sist s

elf-r

epre

sent

ed li

tigan

ts in

iden

tifyin

g an

d ob

tain

ing

appr

opria

te se

rvice

s.

Expl

ore

prog

ram

s to

recr

uit a

nd tr

ain

colle

ge st

uden

ts an

d ot

her v

olun

teer

s to

work

in le

gal

self-

help

cent

ers t

o:

- As

sist w

ith le

gal w

orks

hops

, -

Help

com

plet

e le

gal f

orm

s, an

d -

Prov

ide

info

rmat

ion

and

refe

rrals.

Expl

ore

the

use

of te

chno

logy

-bas

ed ac

cess

to ju

stice

solu

tions

bei

ng d

evel

oped

in o

ther

cour

ts.

Serv

ices f

or li

mited

Eng

lish

prof

icien

t liti

gant

s, de

fend

ants,

and

ot

her c

ourt

parti

cipan

tsLim

ited

Engl

ish la

ngua

ge sk

ills s

houl

d no

t be

a bar

rier t

o ac

cess

ing

justi

ce. A

rizon

a’s co

urts

have

sign

ifica

ntly

expa

nded

acce

ss to

in

terp

rete

r ser

vices

and

trans

late

d fo

rms,

instr

uctio

ns, a

nd co

urt i

nfor

mat

ion.

Wor

k rem

ains

to b

e do

ne, h

owev

er, p

artic

ular

ly gi

ven

our

evol

ving

and

dive

rse

popu

latio

n an

d ch

angi

ng te

chno

logy

.

Deve

lop

strat

egie

s for

incr

easin

g th

e av

aila

bilit

y and

qua

lity o

f cou

rt in

terp

rete

rs an

d in

terp

rete

r ser

vices

, inclu

ding

:

- Ex

pand

ing

the

rem

ote

video

inte

rpre

ting

proj

ect,

and

- Id

entif

ying

othe

r opp

ortu

nitie

s to

use

tech

nolo

gy in

pro

vidin

g la

ngua

ge as

sista

nce

serv

ices t

o lit

igan

ts, w

itnes

ses,

and

othe

rs.

Deve

lop

strat

egie

s to e

xpan

d th

e use

of al

tern

ative

lang

uage

cour

t for

ms,

instr

uctio

ns, a

nd in

form

atio

n bo

th at

cour

thou

ses a

nd on

line.

Acc

ess to

cour

ts an

d co

urt i

nfor

matio

n us

ing

techn

olog

yTe

chno

logi

cal c

hang

e pr

ovid

es o

ngoi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or th

e co

urt s

yste

m to

enh

ance

and

incr

ease

acce

ss to

cour

ts, co

urt p

roce

edin

gs

and

cour

t inf

orm

atio

n. P

revio

us st

rate

gic a

gend

as h

ave

set A

rizon

a cou

rts o

n a p

ath

to in

crea

sed

elec

troni

c acc

ess f

or th

e pu

blic

and

cour

t co

mm

unity

alik

e. Th

is ag

enda

cont

inue

s tho

se e

fforts

an

d se

eks t

o fu

rther

adva

nce

the

abili

ty fo

r cou

rt us

ers

to lo

cate

info

rmat

ion,

file

doc

umen

ts an

d re

ceive

cour

t no

tifica

tions

ele

ctron

ically

, and

rem

otel

y par

ticip

ate

in

cour

t pro

ceed

ings

.

Expa

nd e

lectr

onic

acce

ss to

cour

t doc

umen

ts

and

data

with

appr

opria

te p

rote

ction

s for

secu

rity

and

priva

cy.

Exte

nd e

-filin

g to

cour

ts sta

tewi

de.

Esta

blish

a we

b-ba

sed

onlin

e pa

ymen

t sys

tem

for

drive

rs w

antin

g to

ple

ad re

spon

sible

and

pay c

ivil

traffi

c tick

ets a

nd m

inor

misd

emea

nor c

harg

es.

Crea

te an

ele

ctron

ic no

ticin

g sy

stem

to re

min

d pa

rties

, pro

batio

ners

, and

oth

er co

urt p

artic

ipan

ts of

upc

omin

g co

urt d

ates

.

Iden

tify o

ther

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

vide

o he

arin

gs an

d ot

her r

emot

e el

ectro

nic c

ourt

appe

aran

ces.

AD

VA

NC

ING

JU

ST

ICE

TO

GE

TH

ER

I

20

14

–2

01

9–

2 –

ACCESSPROMOTING

Cen

ter fo

r evi

denc

e-bas

ed p

racti

ces“E

viden

ce-b

ased

pra

ctice

s” ar

e id

entifi

ed b

y rig

orou

sly st

udyin

g th

e ef

fects

of d

iffer

ent p

olici

es an

d pr

oces

ses.

Impo

rtant

rese

arch

re

gard

ing

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

racti

ces i

n th

e le

gal s

yste

m is

und

erwa

y thr

ough

out t

he n

atio

n. A

lthou

gh th

e Ariz

ona j

udici

ary h

as

succ

essfu

lly in

corp

orat

ed e

viden

ce-b

ased

pra

ctice

s in

prob

atio

n se

rvice

s, Ar

izona

’s co

urts

mus

t sta

y cur

rent

with

this

rese

arch

and

rem

ain

a lea

der i

n im

plem

entin

g su

cces

sful a

ppro

ache

s. Th

e Ariz

ona C

ente

r for

Evid

ence

-Bas

ed P

racti

ces w

ill su

ppor

t the

se e

fforts

. The

Cen

ter

will

brin

g to

geth

er ju

dicia

l lea

ders

, res

earc

hers

, and

pra

ctitio

ners

to d

esig

n th

e be

st pr

ogra

ms t

o pr

omot

e ju

veni

le an

d ad

ult o

ffend

er

acco

unta

bilit

y, re

habi

litat

ion,

crim

e re

ducti

on, a

nd co

mm

unity

pro

tecti

on.

Impr

ove

and

expa

nd th

e us

e of

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

racti

ces t

o de

term

ine

pre-

trial

rele

ase

cond

ition

s for

low-

risk o

ffend

ers.

Eval

uate

and,

as ap

prop

riate

, impl

emen

t new

or e

xpan

ded

evid

ence

- bas

ed p

rogr

ams f

or A

rizon

a’s A

dult

and

Juve

nile

Pro

batio

n Se

rvice

s. P

rogr

ams t

o ev

alua

te in

clude

:

- Su

perv

ision

of t

he se

rious

ly m

enta

lly il

l, -

Posit

ive ad

ult m

ento

ring

of ju

veni

le p

roba

tione

rs,

- Ef

fecti

ve p

racti

ces t

o re

duce

the

risk o

f vio

lenc

e, e

spec

ially

gun

viol

ence

invo

lving

pro

batio

ners

, -

Effe

ctive

com

mun

ity re

-ent

ry fo

r adu

lts an

d yo

uth

afte

r inc

arce

ratio

n or

det

entio

n,

- Fa

mily

inclu

sive

prob

atio

n su

perv

ision

and

serv

ices,

and

- Ef

fecti

ve co

mm

unity

supe

rvisi

on p

rogr

ams t

o re

duce

adul

t and

juve

nile

recid

ivism

.

Enco

urag

e an

d su

ppor

t the

use

of e

viden

ce-b

ased

serv

ices a

nd in

terv

entio

ns fo

r chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es fo

r reu

nific

atio

n an

d pe

rman

ency

in d

epen

denc

y cas

es.

Enco

urag

e an

d su

ppor

t the

edu

catio

nal n

eeds

of a

ll yo

uth

unde

r cou

rt su

perv

ision

as a

criti

cal f

acto

r in

futu

re w

ell-b

eing

.

Pro

blem

-solv

ing

cour

tsPr

oble

m-so

lving

cour

ts m

ust a

lso fo

llow

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

racti

ces t

o su

ccee

d. A

lthou

gh so

me A

rizon

a cou

rts h

ave

impl

emen

ted

prob

lem

-solvi

ng co

urts,

ther

e is

a con

tinui

ng n

eed

to cr

eate

cour

ts de

signe

d to

serv

e th

e di

stinc

t nee

ds o

f cer

tain

indi

vidua

ls, su

ch as

ho

mel

ess c

ourts

, dru

g co

urts,

vete

rans

cour

ts, an

d m

enta

l hea

lth co

urts.

Colla

bora

te w

ith ju

stice

par

tner

s, tre

atm

ent p

rovid

ers,

and

othe

r com

mun

ity se

rvice

ent

ities

to e

xpan

d pr

oble

m-so

lving

cour

ts in

cludi

ng d

rug,

hom

eles

s, ve

tera

ns, m

enta

l hea

lth, a

nd d

omes

tic vi

olen

ce co

urts.

Deve

lop

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

racti

ces b

ench

boo

ks, t

rain

ing,

and

othe

r inf

orm

atio

n fo

r jud

ges a

ssig

ned

to p

robl

em-so

lving

cour

ts.

Iden

tify s

trate

gies

, inclu

ding

stat

utor

y cha

nges

, allo

wing

mul

ti-co

urt c

olla

bora

tion

and

use

of te

chno

logy

to e

stabl

ish an

d ex

pand

pr

oble

m-so

lving

cour

ts ac

ross

juris

dicti

onal

bou

ndar

ies.

AD

VA

NC

ING

JU

ST

ICE

TO

GE

TH

ER

I

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01

9

GO

AL

2

C H I L D R E N , F A M I L I E S , A N D C O M M U N I T I E SPROTECTING

Reg

ulat

ing

the p

racti

ce of

law

to p

rotec

t th

e pub

lic

The

Supr

eme

Cour

t reg

ulat

es th

e pr

actic

e of

law

in o

rder

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic.

Liti

gant

s and

oth

er

repr

esen

ted

parti

es e

xpec

t com

pete

ncy a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m fr

om th

eir l

awye

rs. T

he S

upre

me

Cour

t pr

omot

es th

ese

goal

s by e

stabl

ishin

g an

d en

forc

ing

stand

ards

of c

ompe

tenc

y and

eth

ical c

ondu

ct an

d by

taki

ng d

iscip

linar

y acti

on ag

ains

t tho

se w

ho vi

olat

e th

ese

stand

ards

.

Revie

w at

torn

ey ad

miss

ion

requ

irem

ents

and

prot

ocol

s to

dete

rmin

e if

chan

ges a

re n

eede

d to

pr

omot

e hi

gher

stan

dard

s of l

awye

r com

pete

ncy a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m.

Revie

w th

e cu

rrent

Sup

rem

e Co

urt R

ules

esta

blish

ing

the

Stat

e Ba

r to

asse

ss h

ow w

ell t

he

curre

nt g

over

nanc

e str

uctu

re al

lows

the

Stat

e Ba

r to

fulfi

ll its

miss

ion

of p

rote

cting

the

publ

ic an

d im

prov

ing

the

lega

l pro

fess

ion.

Revie

w ru

le ch

ange

s pro

pose

d by

the A

mer

ican

Bar A

ssoc

iatio

n’s “

Com

miss

ion

on E

thics

20/

20”

to d

eter

min

e if

chan

ges t

o th

e et

hica

l rul

es fo

r Ariz

ona a

ttorn

eys a

re d

esira

ble.

Cont

inue

to e

valu

ate

the A

rizon

a Bar

exa

min

atio

n re

quire

men

ts to

ens

ure

that

the

exam

is

evid

ence

-bas

ed, t

ests

lawy

er co

mpe

tenc

y, pr

otec

ts th

e pu

blic,

and

impr

oves

the

lega

l pro

fess

ion.

Deve

lop

best

prac

tices

trai

ning

for p

aren

ts’ co

unse

l in

juve

nile

dep

ende

ncy c

ases

.

Expl

ore

ways

to e

nhan

ce m

ento

ring

for n

ew at

torn

eys.

Hum

an tr

affic

king

Hum

an tr

affic

king

, ofte

n re

ferre

d to

as m

oder

n-da

y sla

very

, is co

mm

andi

ng in

crea

sed

atte

ntio

n fro

m co

urts

and

com

mun

ities

acro

ss th

e na

tion.

Tra

ffick

ing

thre

aten

s som

e of

our

mos

t vul

nera

ble

indi

vidua

ls, in

cludi

ng yo

ung

peop

le w

ho h

ave

been

invo

lved

in th

e fo

ster c

are

syste

m o

r juv

enile

co

urts.

Hum

an tr

affic

king

raise

s man

y ch

alle

nges

for s

tate

cour

ts, w

hich

nee

d to

bet

ter i

dent

ify

hum

an tr

affic

king

crim

es an

d vic

tims,

deve

lop

strat

egie

s to

hand

le su

ch ca

ses,

assis

t per

sons

who

are

victim

ized,

and

prot

ect t

hose

at p

artic

ular

risk

of b

ecom

ing

victim

s.

Colle

ct an

d an

alyz

e in

form

atio

n on

the

scop

e an

d im

pact

of h

uman

traffic

king

-rela

ted

case

s in

Arizo

na co

urts

and

deve

lop

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

the

appr

opria

te ro

le o

f the

stat

e co

urt s

yste

m

in ad

dres

sing

this

issue

.

The

Ariz

ona

Judi

ciar

y ha

s lo

ng m

ade

it a

prio

rity

to p

rote

ct o

ur s

tate

’s m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e po

pula

tions

. W

e ha

ve

refo

rmed

our

juve

nile

cour

ts to

pro

vide

tim

ely

hear

ings

and

due

pro

cess

in ch

ild n

egle

ct a

nd d

epen

denc

y ca

ses.

We

have

refo

rmed

our

pro

bate

rule

s an

d la

ws

to e

nsur

e ou

r eld

erly

hav

e ad

equa

te p

rote

ctio

ns a

gain

st

expl

oita

tion

and

abus

e. E

very

day

, we

prot

ect o

ur co

mm

uniti

es b

y ho

ldin

g ju

veni

le a

nd a

dult

prob

atio

ners

ac

coun

tabl

e an

d pr

ovid

ing

the

trea

tmen

t and

reha

bilit

ativ

e se

rvic

es th

ey n

eed

to o

nce

agai

n be

com

e pr

oduc

tive

and

law

-abi

ding

mem

bers

of t

he co

mm

unity

.

Whi

le co

ntin

uing

our

com

mitm

ent t

o pr

otec

ting

the

youn

g an

d el

derly

, we

also

sho

uld

expa

nd th

e us

e of

pr

oble

m-s

olvi

ng co

urts

to b

ette

r ser

ve in

divi

dual

s w

ho m

ay h

ave

spec

ializ

ed n

eeds

. O

ur co

mm

uniti

es lo

ok to

co

urts

not

onl

y to

dec

ide

case

s, b

ut a

lso

to s

olve

pro

blem

s.

– 4

–

GO

AL

3 PROCESSES

Jud

icial

syste

m pr

ocess

impr

ovem

ent

As ca

se fi

lings

incr

ease

and

mor

e pe

ople

inte

ract

with

the

cour

ts ea

ch d

ay, t

he co

urt s

yste

m m

ust

cont

inue

to id

entif

y way

s to

impr

ove

judi

cial s

yste

m p

roce

sses

. Thi

s effo

rt re

quire

s tha

t jud

ges,

clerk

s, co

urt a

dmin

istra

tors

, and

staf

f hav

e th

e to

ols n

eede

d to

tim

ely a

nd e

fficie

ntly

proc

ess c

ases

.

Impr

ove

timel

ines

s and

effi

cienc

y of c

ivil, c

rimin

al, ju

veni

le, f

amily

, and

pro

bate

case

pro

cess

ing

in A

rizon

a cou

rts b

y:

- Ad

optin

g ca

se p

roce

ssin

g tim

e sta

ndar

ds,

- Re

vital

izing

caseflo

w m

anag

emen

t effo

rts st

atew

ide,

inclu

ding

prin

ciple

s of

di

ffere

ntia

ted

case

man

agem

ent,

cour

t con

trol o

ver t

he p

ace

of li

tigat

ion,

and

com

plia

nce

with

rule

s gov

erni

ng ca

se p

roce

ssin

g tim

e re

quire

men

ts,

- Pr

ovid

ing

case

man

agem

ent s

yste

m e

nhan

cem

ents,

inclu

ding

repo

rting

capa

bilit

ies,

-

Impl

emen

ting

e-be

nch

tool

s tha

t allo

w ju

dges

to m

ore

effic

ient

ly m

anag

e an

d

re

solve

case

s,

- Pr

ovid

ing

judi

cial w

orkl

oad

tool

s to

assis

t pre

sidin

g ju

dges

whe

n m

akin

g ca

se

as

signm

ents,

and

-

Impl

emen

ting

rele

vant

per

form

ance

, cus

tom

er se

rvice

, and

case

man

agem

ent m

easu

res.

Iden

tify a

nd im

plem

ent w

ays t

o im

prov

e th

e pr

oces

s of j

ury s

elec

tion

and

serv

ice.

Revie

w ce

rtain

Ariz

ona R

ules

of C

ourt

to re

style

, sim

plify

, and

clar

ify th

e ru

les.

Iden

tify a

nd im

plem

ent c

ase

man

agem

ent a

nd ju

dicia

l offi

cer a

ssig

nmen

t pra

ctice

s for

co

mm

ercia

l liti

gatio

n to

tim

ely r

esol

ve ca

ses a

nd re

duce

costs

to li

tigan

ts an

d th

e co

urt.

Cou

rthou

se fa

ciliti

es an

d sec

urity

Arizo

na’s

cour

ts ar

e fo

rum

s for

reso

lving

diffi

cult

issue

s tha

t affe

ct pe

ople

in vi

tal a

spec

ts of

thei

r live

s, in

cludi

ng ca

ses i

nvol

ving

dom

estic

rela

tions

, par

enta

l rig

hts,

and

indi

vidua

l lib

erty.

Em

otio

ns ca

n ru

n hi

gh in

cour

t pro

ceed

ings

. Our

cour

thou

ses m

ust b

e a s

afe

plac

e fo

r all

who

ente

r the

ir do

ors.

Esta

blish

cour

thou

se an

d co

urtro

om se

curit

y sta

ndar

ds.

Cond

uct a

nee

ds as

sess

men

t for

cour

thou

se se

curit

y inf

rastr

uctu

re.

Deve

lop

train

ing

stand

ards

and

skill

dev

elop

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s for

cour

t sec

urity

offi

cers

.

Prov

idin

g ac

cess

to ju

stic

e re

quire

s our

cour

ts to

cont

inua

lly st

rive

to m

aint

ain

and

impr

ove

upon

exi

stin

g pr

oces

ses a

nd sy

stem

s whi

ch e

nsur

e ef

fect

ive

and

effic

ient

case

m

anag

emen

t and

use

of i

nfor

mat

ion

and

reso

urce

s. J

udge

s and

cour

t sta

ff ne

ed th

e ap

prop

riate

reso

urce

s and

trai

ning

to e

nsur

e al

l cas

es a

re h

eard

in a

tim

ely

man

ner

and

proc

esse

d effic

ient

ly.

Also

, our

just

ice

syst

em p

artn

ers a

nd th

e pu

blic

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

acc

ess c

ourt

s and

cour

t inf

orm

atio

n in

the

mos

t effi

cien

t way

s pos

sibl

e. W

hile

im

plem

entin

g pl

anne

d te

chno

logy

impr

ovem

ents

, we

mus

t als

o fin

d w

ays t

o im

prov

e ex

istin

g pr

actic

es a

nd p

olic

ies t

o fu

rthe

r ens

ure

that

pub

lic re

sour

ces a

re u

sed

effe

ctiv

ely,

effic

ient

ly, a

nd a

ccou

ntab

ly.

Nex

t gen

eratio

n ca

se ma

nage

ment

syste

msCa

se m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s sup

port

the

work

of t

he co

urts

and

prob

atio

n se

rvice

s. M

any o

f the

se sy

stem

s hav

e be

en in

pla

ce fo

r mor

e th

an a

deca

de an

d re

quire

upd

atin

g or

repl

acem

ent. T

his e

ffort

will

take

tim

e an

d co

nsid

erab

le in

vestm

ent o

f hum

an an

d fin

ancia

l cap

ital.

Impl

emen

t Ariz

ona J

udici

al A

utom

ated

Cas

e Sy

stem

(AJA

CS) i

n lim

ited

juris

dicti

on co

urts.

Fully

impl

emen

t Juv

enile

On-

Line T

rack

ing

Syste

m (J

OLTS

az) i

n ju

veni

le co

urts.

Inte

grat

e Adu

lt Pr

obat

ion

Ente

rpris

e Tra

ckin

g Sy

stem

(APE

TS) w

ith A

JACS

.

Enha

nce

or re

plac

e ap

pella

te ca

se m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s.

Cou

rt da

ta re

posit

ories

and

justi

ce sy

stem

data

exch

ange

sTe

chno

logy

has

enab

led

the c

ourt

syste

m to

vastl

y im

prov

e cou

rt pr

oces

ses a

nd p

rovid

e qui

ck ac

cess

to co

urt i

nfor

mat

ion.

New

tech

nolo

gies

an

d da

ta e

xcha

nge

prot

ocol

s cre

ate

new

oppo

rtuni

ties f

or d

ata s

harin

g am

ong

justi

ce sy

stem

ent

ities

. The

judi

cial b

ranc

h m

ust c

ontin

ue

initi

ative

s to

prov

ide

crim

inal

justi

ce sy

stem

par

ticip

ants

acce

ss to

accu

rate

and

com

plet

e da

ta n

eede

d to

per

form

thei

r dut

ies.

Impl

emen

t the

Cen

tral C

ase

Inde

x sys

tem

to e

nabl

e th

e flo

w of

criti

cal c

ourt

data

to an

d fro

m fe

dera

l, sta

te an

d lo

cal j

ustic

e sy

stem

ent

ities

.

Colla

bora

te w

ith o

ther

justi

ce sy

stem

ent

ities

to d

evel

op

and

impl

emen

t dat

a col

lecti

on an

d ex

chan

ge st

rate

gies

that

le

vera

ge te

chno

logy

, inclu

ding

:

- Ex

pand

ing

e-wa

rrant

s pro

ject

to o

ther

justi

ce

sy

stem

ent

ities

, -

Mod

erni

zing

the

state

’s wa

rrant

repo

sitor

y sys

tem

, -

Mak

ing

men

tal h

ealth

cour

t ord

ers a

vaila

ble

to

ap

prop

riate

crim

inal

justi

ce an

d tre

atm

ent o

fficia

ls,

- M

akin

g co

nditi

on o

f rel

ease

info

rmat

ion

avai

labl

e to

appr

opria

te cr

imin

al ju

stice

offi

cials,

and

-

Impr

ovin

g ac

cura

cy an

d co

mpl

eten

ess o

f the

stat

e’s

cr

imin

al h

istor

y rep

osito

ry an

d Na

tiona

l Ins

tant

Crim

inal

Bac

kgro

und

Chec

k Sys

tem

(NIC

S).

AD

VA

NC

ING

JU

ST

ICE

TO

GE

TH

ER

I

20

14

–2

01

9–

6 –

IMPROVING COURT

TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC

Jud

icial

excel

lence

A hi

ghly

resp

ecte

d ju

dicia

ry is

at th

e co

re o

f jud

icial

exc

elle

nce.

The

judi

cial b

ranc

h m

ust c

ontin

ue th

e pr

ofes

siona

l dev

elop

men

t of

new

and

vete

ran

judg

es to

ens

ure

they

adhe

re to

the

high

est s

tand

ards

of c

ompe

tenc

e, co

nduc

t, in

tegr

ity, p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m, a

nd

acco

unta

bilit

y.

Exam

ine

curre

nt sy

stem

s for

ens

urin

g ne

w an

d ve

tera

n ju

dges

are

well-

prep

ared

for t

he co

urtro

om, in

cludi

ng b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

:

- As

sess

ing

new

judg

e tra

inin

g an

d or

ient

atio

n,

- Es

tabl

ishin

g a s

kill

enha

ncem

ent p

rogr

am fo

r exp

erie

nced

judg

es b

ased

on

men

torin

g an

d ed

ucat

ion

serv

ices,

and

- En

surin

g an

effi

cient

and

effe

ctive

judi

cial o

vers

ight

pro

cess

exis

ts to

mon

itor j

udge

s’ pe

rform

ance

and

to ad

dres

s

publ

ic co

ncer

ns.

Expa

nd e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s for

appe

llate

judg

es.

Colla

bora

te w

ith th

e St

ate

Bar o

n ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s of m

utua

l int

eres

t to

judg

es an

d la

wyer

s.

Cond

uct a

judi

cial e

duca

tion

need

s ass

essm

ent t

o id

entif

y new

or e

nhan

ced

train

ing

for j

udge

s inc

ludi

ng, b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

:

- Cu

ltura

l com

pete

ncy a

nd im

plici

t bia

s, -

Proc

edur

al fa

irnes

s,

- Fo

rens

ic sc

ienc

e,

- De

linqu

ency

case

pro

cess

ing,

and

- Ef

fecti

ve u

se o

f tec

hnol

ogy o

n th

e be

nch,

in ch

ambe

rs, a

nd re

mot

ely.

Deve

lop

web-

base

d tra

inin

g on

bes

t jud

icial

pra

ctice

s for

pro

tecti

ve o

rder

pro

cedu

res a

nd cr

imin

al ca

se p

roce

edin

gs in

volvi

ng

child

victi

ms. A

DV

AN

CIN

G J

US

TIC

E T

OG

ET

HE

R

I 2

01

4–

20

19

GO

AL

4

PROFESSIONALISMJ

udici

al b

ranc

h lea

dersh

ipDe

velo

ping

effe

ctive

cour

t lea

ders

hip

is es

sent

ial t

o m

aint

aini

ng a

high

leve

l of p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m an

d co

mpe

tenc

y with

in th

e ju

dicia

l bra

nch.

Deve

lop

judi

cial l

eade

rshi

p an

d le

ader

ship

team

pro

gram

s.

Prep

are

cour

t lea

ders

hip

for n

ext g

ener

atio

n ca

se m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s and

tech

nolo

gy.

Prov

ide

reso

urce

s for

pre

sidin

g ju

dges

and

othe

r cou

rt le

ader

s to

effe

ctive

ly pl

an fo

r suc

cess

ion

in co

urt m

anag

emen

t.

Wor

kfor

ce de

velo

pmen

t Ju

dicia

l bra

nch

empl

oyee

s who

are

not j

udge

s mus

t pos

sess

the

tool

s and

skill

s nee

ded

to p

rope

rly

and

timel

y pro

cess

case

s, ac

cura

tely

mai

ntai

n co

urt r

ecor

ds, a

nd p

rope

rly su

perv

ise ju

veni

le

and

adul

t offe

nder

s in

the

com

mun

ity. O

ur w

orkf

orce

dev

elop

men

t pla

ns m

ust i

nclu

de tr

aini

ng

met

hods

that

are

conv

enie

nt, t

imel

y, an

d re

leva

nt.

Enha

nce

the

use

of w

eb-b

ased

vide

o/au

dio

conf

eren

ce ca

pabi

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role

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in th

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PARTICIPATION

IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS AND

AD

VA

NC

ING

All

the

gre

atth

ing

s ar

e si

mp

le,

and

man

y ca

n

be

exp

ress

ed in

a

sing

le w

ord

:fr

eed

om, j

ustic

e,ho

nor,

dut

y,m

ercy

, hop

e.

—Win

ston

Chu

rchi

ll

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