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Oct 4, 2024

Conference on Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations

At a day-long conference titled Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations held in Santa Monica, California, approximately 75 national and California leaders discussed approaches to reforming legal services regulation.
Research

Jul 27, 2023

National Public Defense Workload Study

Excessive caseloads prevent public defense attorneys from effectively representing clients. Researchers used the Delphi method to determine the average time needed to provide reasonably effective assistance and establish national workload standards.
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Jun 30, 2023

The Impact of Defense Counsel at Bail Hearings

Roughly half of U.S. counties do not provide defense counsel at bail hearings. A field experiment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shows that providing counsel can decrease the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention.
Research

May 11, 2023

The Impact of Defense Counsel at Bail Hearings

Roughly half of U.S. counties do not provide defense counsel at bail hearings, and few studies have documented the potential impacts of legal representation at this stage.
Press

May 5, 2023

Providing Legal Counsel at Initial Bail Hearings Reduces Use of Cash Bail, Lowers Incarceration

Providing defendants with legal counsel during their initial bail hearing decreases use of monetary bail and pretrial detention, without increasing the likelihood that defendants fail to appear at the subsequent preliminary hearing.
Data Viz

Jan 6, 2022

Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors Within the Family Courts

This infographic accompanies a tool that supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting.
Tool

Jan 6, 2022

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Empowerment-Based Domestic Violence Programming Within a Family Court Setting: An Implementation Guide

This guide supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting. It was developed to share the best practices learned during an evaluation of the Safe Horizon Family Court organization.
Research

Apr 18, 2019

Prosecutor Priorities, Challenges, and Solutions

In March 2018, the Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative convened an expert panel to identify priority needs and solutions for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the prosecutorial component of the criminal justice system.
Research

May 26, 2017

Discount Justice: State Court Belt-Tightening in an Era of Fiscal Austerity

On January 12, 2015, the UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy held a conference in Santa Monica, California, to examine the resourcing problem for state courts since the 2008 financial crisis. This report summarizes the panel discussions.
Commentary

Apr 18, 2017

Discount Justice: Fiscal Austerity and State Courts

Budget cuts at the state court level can mean courthouse closures, hiring freezes and layoffs, leading to longer wait times for the public. Educating the public about the role and importance of the state courts is key to preventing more budget cuts in the future.
Tool

Jul 22, 2016

Courts Innovation Needs Tool

Using information drawn from the report findings, this interactive tool for ranking court innovation needs allows users to re-prioritize the needs, based on their own views of the importance of different court system policy goals.
Research

May 10, 2016

Fostering Innovation in the U.S. Court System: Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for Improving Court Operations and Outcomes

The U.S. courts sector is challenged by high caseloads, resource constraints, and other trends, and this report seeks to frame an innovation agenda by identifying and prioritizing potential improvements in technology, policy, and practice.

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