This online course is designed for Tribal Court Administrators, Tribal Court Managers, and Tribal Court Judges. The Tribal Court Administration and Management Series- Level 1 course is the first of a three-part series. Each course is offered over 2 days, 5 hours each day. Courses begin at 9 am PST.
TOPICS:
The Court’s Purpose and Your Role as a Court Administrator or Manager
After this session, you will be able to:
Categorize and define the types of legal authority that impact the court;
Discuss due process and how it safeguards the legal rights of individuals;
Illustrate how court roles effect the court and how those roles are influenced by the justice system;
Consider how organizational structure can assist or hinder the court;
Design goals for your court to enhance leadership and support strategic planning as well as action planning;
Critique court governance to enhance consistent court management;
Examine the roles and responsibilities of the Court Administrator or Court Manager;
Explain the Core Competencies; and
Analyze the relationship between court operations, fiscal services, and other special support services.
Professional Standards and Ethics
After this session, you will be able to:
Determine and discuss how critical public trust and confidence is to the success and stability of your justice system;
Summarize the responsibilities of the Court Administrator/Manager as the arbiter of Court Personnel Ethics;
Explain the concepts of impartiality and confidentiality as they relate to ethics;
Design a training exercise for your staff to teach them about legal advice prohibitions;
Develop safeguards to protect your Court’s integrity; and
Create a public relations plan along with a public information campaign for the community.
Quality Control Mechanisms of the Court Administrator’s Office
After this session, you will be able to:
Recognize the need to identify court operations procedures for quality controls;
Develop authoritative guidelines to create uniformity of procedures and processes;
Apply the Trial Court Performance Standards to enhance Access to Justice, examining the concepts of Expedition and Timeliness, Equality, Fairness and Integrity, Judicial Independence and Accountability as well as a further look at Public Trust and Confidence; and
Distinguish between key quality control mechanisms: Administrative or General Orders, Standing Orders, Administrative Policies, Rules, Internal Controls, and Manuals.
Caseflow and Workflow Management– Diagnosing and Correcting Problems
After this session, you will be able to:
Design a blueprint for a court self-assessment;
Discuss how workflow ties into caseflow
Create quality controls;
Enrich case calendaring;
Implement docket controls;
Develop valuable measurement tools;
Assess your court’s paper flow to reinforce forward movement of cases;
Explain the circumstances that cause backlog and discuss real-time solutions; and
Generate a plan to provide forms and other resources to court users while also providing procedures for handling pleadings and other documents.