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Services of the ABA Office of Justice
Initiatives
This survey on justice improvement activities is part of the ABA’s
Justice Initiatives Program, overseen by the Coalition for Justice in
cooperation with the ABA Justice Center. Other OJI activities to involve
the public in justice improvement include:
- Holding conferences to provide an opportunity for
court and bar leaders and members of the community to discuss key
justice issues. The annual Forum on Justice Improvement is generally
held in October. See http://www.abanet.org/justice/2001forum.html
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- Producing the Roadmaps series of brief, plain language "how
to get there" guides to help communities, bar associations, and courts
understand key issues and find resources for making improvements. Topics
include "User-Friendly Courts," "Judicial Selection," and "Racial and
Ethnic Bias." See http://www.abanet.org/justice/roadmaps.html
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- Working with the National Center for State Courts to follow up the
May, 1999 national conference on improving public trust and confidence
in the justice system sponsored by the ABA, the Conference of Chief
Justices, the Conference of State Court Administrators, and the League
of Women Voters. See http://www.ncsc.dni.us/PTC.HTM
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- Assisting individual state and local justice initiatives
- Promoting community involvement in justice improvement activities
through local, state, and regional bar or court events
- Reaching out to national non-lawyer organizations to encourage
involvement of their members in state and local justice
initiatives.
- Cooperating with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues
Forum to engender discussions of the justice system in communities in
every part of the country.
For additional information please contact the Office of Justice
Initiatives, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, 312/988-6138,
fax: 312/988-6100, justice@abanet.org or browse our Web site at
www.abanet.org/justice.
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