Publications

Public Access to Court Documents

CCJ/COSCA Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records - Guidelines for developing a court rule or policy on public access to court records. Contains actual language for court rules and commentary regarding the language, including alternative policies. Final report of the SJI project on "Develooping CCJ/COSCA Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records: A National Project to Assist State Courts."

Implementing the CCJ/COSCA Guidelines on Public Access to Court Records - Suggestions for implementing the CCJ/COSCA Guidelines on Public Access to Court Records in the areas of 1) educating litigants and the public, 2) family court records, 3) internal court personnel policies on public access, 4) training curriculum for employees, and 4) contract provisions for IT vendors assisting the courts in providing public access to court records.

JMI Electronic Filing and Service, An Evolution of Practice November 2004 - This report is to describe the new options for the electronic exchange of court documents, point out the significant advantages associated with them and identify the best means of realizing them.

Privacy, Civil Rights,and Civil Liberties Policy Templates for Justice Info - Templates for use by individual justice system agencies or information sharing networks in drafting policies protecting privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of those who come in contact with the justcie system. Templates provide actual poilicy language, commentary explaing the languge proposed, and references to laws and existing policies of a related nature.

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