The Judges' Journal: Technology Column

Columnist Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. shares his expertise on technology and the courts.

Legal Technology Resources Center (LTRC)

The LTRC educates and assists ABA members with the latest legal technology, allowing lawyers to boost efficiency and ultimately provide clients with the highest quality service.

JD Court Technology Committee

JD Members are welcome to join the Committee and its online community to share information and discuss latest technologies in the court.

AVIT Infrastructure Guidelines for Courts/

Design guidelines for architects, AV/IT specialists, judges, court administrators, and others concerned with courthouse and courtroom construction and renovation. Courtesy of InfoComm International and the American Institute of Architects.

Judicial Division Diversity Resources

Access materials, tools, programs, projects and initiatives to help bring diversity in the courts and improving the public understanding of the judiciary.

Judicial Outreach Resource Center

The Divisions' Judicial Outreach Network Committee provides outreach resources for judges on civic education for students.

National Judicial Outreach Week (NJOW)

NJOW was established to encourage judges and lawyers who support a fair and impartial judiciary to engage the community directly and to confirm the public’s commitment to ensuring that the courts remain fair and impartial. Materials and tools are available to assist with planning your presentation.

Perceptions of Justice Project

The Perceptions of Justice (POJ) provides an open forum for dialogue between judges and members of the community about perceptions of and personal experiences with the justice system.

Building a Diverse Bench: Selecting Federal Magistrate and Bankruptcy Judges

Produced by the ABA Judicial Division and the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, this manual provides guidance on how courts can increase diversity among federal magistrate and bankruptcy judges.

Informed Voters Project

View the Informed Voter's Project short film, “Fair and Free,” featuring Sandra Day O'Connor (EN). The Judicial Division is a proud partner of The Informed Voters Project, a project of the National Association of Women Judges.

Implicit Bias Videos and Toolkit

The ABA Diversity and Inclusion 360 Commission explored the existence of implicit bias and what can be done to combat it through a series of videos specifically targeting key players in the judicial system: judges, prosecutors and public defenders. The videos are accompanied by a toolkit that offers additional resources and materials that can be used in training programs for those groups of professionals.

Model Code of Judicial Conduct

The Model Code of Judicial Conduct is intended to establish standards for ethical conduct of judges, provide guidance to judges and candidates for judicial office and provide structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies.

Judicial Ethics Column: The Judges' Journal

Columnist Marla N. Greenstein provides her insight on the latest ethical issues facing the judiciary.

Judicial Performance Evaluation Resources

The Lawyers Conference provides information, guidelines and tools on how to begin or enhance a judicial evaluation program in your state.

Judicial Ethics Lecture Series

Produced by members of the Judicial Division Ethics & Professionalism Committee, a compilation of short presentations on various judicial ethics issues are available to JD members only.

Defending Justice: Essays on Judicial Independence

Judicial Bench Card - Handling High Profile Police Cases: A Compilation of Best Practices

A bench card for judges from the JD Police, Community Relations and Media Perceptions Committee to assist in: (a) Keeping the community informed (b) Collaborating with local media (c) Selecting a fair and impartial jury (d) Protecting civil rights and (e) Maintaining public trust in courts.

Roadmap Series on Judicial Issues

Once an ABA presidential appointed entity, the Coalition for Justice’s mission was to build public trust and confidence in a fair and impartial justice system through partnerships with the public in justice reform. The mission, now encompassed within the Judicial Division Lawyers Conference, has made the Coalition produced series on judicial issues available for a free download.

Federal Court Funding

Judicial Vacancies

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. Developed by the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, this pamphlet 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.

TIPS Toolkit for Fair Court Funding

Principles for Juries and Jury Trials

Approved by the ABA House of Delegates, the 2016 version is available for download.

A Fair Trial: Jurors Use of Electronic Devices & the Internet

A Best Practices Paper prepared by the America Bar Association Judicial Division National Conference of State Trial Judges

Assessing and Achieving Jury Pool Representativeness

An inclusive and representative jury pool is critical to preserving the right to a fair and impartial jury. featured in the Division's Spring 2016 issue of The Judges’ Journal, this article provides useful guidelines for assessing and improving representatives in juries.

The Importance of Civility in the Courtroom

Listen to the Legal Talk Network podcast on why legal professionals need to be cognizant of civility in the courtroom, the strategies they use to implement it, changes they’d like to see in the legal world regarding civility, and more.

ABA Commission on the American Jury Resources

ABA Commission on the American Jury produced resources, materials, guides, videos and much more.