Member Resources
Resolutions and Reports
Judicial Performance Evaluation Guidelines
The ABA House of Delegates approved
the Black Letter Guidelines for Judicial Performance
Evaluation, Report 103, at the 2005 ABA Midyear
Meeting. If you have questions regarding the Guidelines,
please contact Hon. Cheryl Cesario at ccesario@sbcglobal.net.
Click to visit the Judicial Performance Resource page, view the final
guidelines or the final
guidelines with commentary.
Rapid Response to Unfair and Unjust Criticism of Judges
The Bar has a special responsibility to ensure that judges remain highly respected leaders of our legal system and communities. Serious inaccurate or unjustified criticism should be answered through a public information program. This pamphlet, developed by the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, builds upon the efforts of the original subcommittee on Unjust Criticism of the Bench that prepared the 1986 protocol, the 1997 protocol of the ABA Judicial Division and Lawyers Conference and the protocols of many state and local bar associations that were received in preparation of the current document. Click here to view this pamphlet.
Publications
In addition to Judicial Division publications such as The Judges' Journal and the Judicial Division Record, the Lawyers Conference offers these publications directed toward your professional needs:
The Improvement of the Administration of Justice, 7th Edition (click to purchase)
This publication seeks to explain the current posture of the justice system and visit the issue of future judicial improvements. To learn more, download our informational flyer here.
Defeating Delay: Developing and Implementing a Court Delay Reduction Program (click to view) and Caseflow Management in the Trial Court: Now and for the Future (click to purchase)
Two monographs—both published by the Lawyers Conference Task Force on Reduction of Litigation Cost and Delay—identify causes and suggest concrete cures for delays in case processing in trial and appellate courts.
As a Conference member, you are eligible for significant discounts on the price of these publications. To order any publication, visit the ABA Bookstore or contact the ABA Service Center at (800) 285-2221.
Programs
Outstanding CLE-accredited programs at the ABA Annual Meeting address current issues in justice system reform. These programs and meetings provide a forum for lawyers, judges, academics, court administrators and others to address current topics in the administration of justice. Programs in recent years dealing with the administration of justice include:
- The use of technology in the courtroom and the role of technological innovations in providing access to the courts.
- The future of the jury and innovative jury procedures to meet the needs of the legal system in the 21st Century.
- Hearing the voices of the "voiceless" in the court: structuring court processes to make the courts accessible to all citizens.
- Courts and the Community: promoting interchange and communication between courts and the community for the purposes of education, mutual understanding and increasing responsiveness to changing needs in both the public and the justice system.
