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Update on Advancing justice

Update on Advancing justice. Idaho institute for court management October 3 rd , 2012. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE IDAHO COURTS: AS THE THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH THE TIMELY, FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL RESOLUTION OF CASES. Values of the Idaho Courts

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Update on Advancing justice

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  1. Update on Advancing justice Idaho institute for court management October 3rd, 2012

  2. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE IDAHO COURTS: AS THE THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH THE TIMELY, FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL RESOLUTION OF CASES Values of the Idaho Courts INTEGRITY Independence excellence FAIRNESS RESPECT INNOVATION

  3. Strategic Goals and Major Objectives of the Idaho Courts i. Provide Timely, Fair, and Impartial Case Resolution • ii. Ensure Access To Justice • iii. Promote Effective, Innovative Services • iv. Increase Public Trust And Confidence In Idaho Courts

  4. Guiding Principles: Guiding Principles 1, 2, and 3 from Ostrom, Brian, and Roger Hanson. 2010. Achieving High Performance: A Framework for Courts. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts. Guiding Principle 4 from Solomon, Maureen. 2010. Conducting a Felony Caseflow Management Review: A Practical Guide. Washington D.C.: Bureau of Justice Assistance. Advancing Justice Mission Statement: Provide timely, fair, and impartial case resolution, as mandated in Article 1, Section 18 of the Idaho Constitution and as reflected in the Mission Statement of the Idaho Courts.

  5. Update on advancing justice • Advancing Justice Committee appointed • Technical assistance in the area of performance measurement • Critical review of time standards – recommendations • Involvement from the Idaho Bar • Identification of best practices in case management

  6. ADVANCING JUSTICE COMMITTEE • Tasks and priorities: • Identify and implement best practices in case mgmt • Identify and address systemic case processing delays • Judicial education/judicial leadership • Enhance case mgmt report and evaluation tools • Membership • District and magistrate judges • Attorneys • Trial court administrators • Court assistance officer • Deputy clerk • First meeting (Oct. 25th) • Review and refine time standard recommendations • Begin planning for a caseflowmgmt conference • Form Rules/Statutes Subcommittee • Design of case mgmt/performance measure reports in ISTARS Enterprise

  7. REVIEW OF IDAHO’S TIME STANDARDS FOR CASE PROCESSING

  8. Critical review of idaho’s time standards A major objective of Advancing Justice: “evaluate the adequacy of Idaho’s time standards for the purposes of meeting the expectations of the public, assisting trial judges with calendar management, and assessing the need for judicial resources…”

  9. ICAR 57 - time standards for case processing times • The following time standards are adopted as guidelines for judges, trial court administrators, lawyers, and litigants to assist them in determining the length of time it should take to conclude a case in the trial courts:

  10. Time Standards currently reported in the Active Pending Cases by Judge and Type

  11. Benefits of Time Standards: • Case management tool • Allow us to work towards case processing goals • Inform decisions about judicial resource allocation • Allow us to identify need for additional judicial resources • Allow us to assess whether we are meeting the expectations of the public and our funders

  12. Time standards: recommended changes • Use time to disposition rather than age of pending caseload as a means of assessing performance • Adopt tripartite model for measuring and reporting (multiple benchmarks) • Improve case mgmt information (interim case events) • Assume a comprehensive “systems approach” to change practice.

  13. A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TIME STANDARDS

  14. A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TIME STANDARDS: District Criminal Cases Significant Case Events Court rules & procedures DCM criteria Systemic issues and challenges Delays in the return of state lab analyses Delays in availability of state lab witnesses Delays in pre-sentence investigation

  15. Proposed Time Standards for district civil cases

  16. ENHANCING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MANGEMENT IN THE IDAHO COURTS

  17. IDAHO SUPREME COURT PERFORMANCE MEASURES (COURTOOLS adopted in 2009) 1. Access and Fairness* 2. Clearance Rates* 3. Time to Disposition* 4. Age of Active Pending Caseload* 5. Trial Date Certainty 6. Reliability and Integrity of Case Files 7. Collection of Monetary Penalties 8. Effective use of Jurors 9. Court Employee Satisfaction* *have been implemented

  18. High performance court measurement: A balanced scorecard (NCSC)

  19. Our Current Proposal: • Months of work on hand • Average continuances per case • Average number of hearings per case *To be determined: Measures of Effectiveness and Productivity

  20. Detailed Caseload by Judge

  21. Active Pending Cases by Judge and Type

  22. Active Pending Cases by Judge

  23. Proposed reporting format for Age of Pending Caseload

  24. Proposed reporting format for Time to Disposition

  25. Questions or Comments? Contact Information: Judge Barry Wood bwood@idcourts.net Taunya Jones tjones@idcourts.net 947-7438

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