Dr. Thomas Clarke, V.P. of Research & Technology | National Center for State Courts
Tom Clarke has served for the last nine years as the Vice President for Research and Technology at the National Center for State Courts. Before that, Tom worked for ten years with the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts first as the research manager and then as the CIO. As a national court consultant, Tom speaks frequently on topics relating to court effective practices, the redesign of court systems, and the use of technology to solve business problems. Tom is currently working on litigant portals, triage best practices for self-represented litigants, and the cloud provision of remote interpretation. He actively consults on the successful use of technology and best practices surrounding court technology.
Keynote Address: Courts After the Technology Revolution
Now that we have laid the base with current technology, Dr. Clarke will lay out what courts will look like after they have taken full advantage of what technology can do both now and in the near future.
Richard Schauffler, Director of the Court Statistics Project | National Center for State Courts
Richard Schauffler, Director of Research Services, joined the NCSC in October 2003. Since that time he has served as the Project Director of the Court Statistics Project, placing particular focus on implementation of the State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting and information exchange within and outside the judicial branch. He is a member of the NCSC’s CourTools performance measurement development team and its extension into the High Performance Courts Framework. He is the Project Director of the national State Court Organization project and the National Instant Background Check System data evaluation project. He has represented the NCSC nationally and internationally in professional meetings on performance measurement and management and statistical reporting. Previously, he was Assistant Division Director at the California Administrative Office of the Courts, where he was responsible for statewide policy research. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Criminology, University of California at Berkeley (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and an M.A. in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.
Improving the Quality of Court Information
The justice system requires timely, accurate, and complete information to ensure justice for participants. AOC and the National Center for State Courts will discuss local and national efforts to improve the quality of court information and how data quality impacts the Judicial Branch.
David Fuqua, Attorney
Lessons Learned in the Paperless Court
Pulaski County Circuit Court was the first in the State to begin eFiling. This session will present lessons learned from the clerk’s office to the courtroom in becoming a paperless court.