Digital Library
An Executive Summary of The Grand Jury of Tomorrow, New Life for An Archaic Institution publication. Please call 202.785.5917 to order over the phone.
Report summary and recommendations of practical strategies to increase DC public safety and save taxpayer dollars. Please call 202.785.5917 to order over the phone.
An update to the community of the Juries for the Year 2000 and Beyond publication. Please call 202.785.5917 to order over the phone.
The combined efforts of Samuel F. Harahan, Executive Director of the Council for Court Excellence, and Waleed Haider Malik, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist and Task Manager in the Public Sector Group of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the Latin America and Carribean Region of the World Bank, produced this booklet geared towards analyzing the policy considerations relating to establishing and promoting more effective civil society participation in the administration of justice. Please call 202.785.5917 to order over the phone.
Juries for the Year 2000 and Beyond is a comprehensive Council for Court Excellence policy report examining the trial level jury systems of the federal and local trial courts in Washington, DC. Notable for its focus from the petit juror's perspective, this report offer a variety of constructive and practical proposals for enhancing jury participation and the jury experience. (Online Only)
An executive summary of the Juries for the Year 2000 and Beyond publication. (Online Only)
This March 1996 report examines how the District of Columbia deploys its adult correctional resources, programs, and usage as compared with that of other jurisdictions. Focusing in particular on the nonviolent offender and the limited availability of expensive prison bedspace this policy report presents findings on innovative criminal justice programs that are programmatically effective and far less costly than prison. The Council for Court Excellence authored the report under contract for the Federal City Council. Please call 202.785.5917 to order over the phone.
This document discusses B24-0076 or the “Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022.” In order to better understand the bill, and assist other interested organizations and individuals in their advocacy efforts, CCE created "Department of Corrections Oversight: Past, Present, & Future." The document explains the current state-of-play with the Corrections Information Council (CIC), what the “Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022” aims to do, and how that compares to what a Working Group of advocates convened by the Council for Court Excellence recommended.
Join CCE and our co-sponsors, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Legal Counsel fo the Elderly, and Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services for a three-part webinar series on decision-making tools for adults in DC beginning September9, 2021. Open the flyer to learn more!
