Technically untimely but alas still relevant written comment to the Michigan Supreme Court about ADM 2022-37 (July 12, 2024) (Would amend adopt a vendor-neutral citation system for Michigan appellate decisions.)
Written comment to the Michigan Supreme Court about ADM 2022-56 (July 1, 2024) (Would amend MRPC 3.7 to clarify that a lawyer can appear as an attorney of record in a case in which the lawyer is a party and is representing themselves.)
Court Employee Viewpoint Survey Tool Kit, Nat’l Center for State Courts (June 2024).
Employee viewpoint survey webinar, slides (including links), and transcript (June 2024).
State court considerations for today’s “notice and publication” environment: Online variables & best practices, Nat’l Center for State Courts (January 2024). See also companion Tiny Chat video (posted February 26, 2024) https://vimeo.com/916684194
To require a notarized signature or not: A simplified workflow for reviewing court form signature requirements, Nat’l Center for State Courts (January 2024)
National scan of authority for remote or virtual court proceedings, Nat’l Center for State Courts (updated December 2023). And cross-referenced in NCSC’s January 25, 2024 LinkedIn Tech Series: Making Permanent Rule Changes on Remote or Virtual Proceedings.
Written comment to the Michigan Supreme Court about ADM 2023-05 (October 30, 2023) (Would require a court to pay the costs of publication in a name change proceeding if fees are waived under MCR 2.002, publication is required by law, and publication has not been waived under MCR 3.613.) Suggestion incorporated into the Court’s November 29, 2023 order.
Presentation to Michigan Court Managers Conference (October 5, 2023) about People Operations: Challenging employees, motivating staff, succession planning & the NCSC court employee viewpoint survey.
National scan of authority for remote or virtual court proceedings, Nat’l Center for State Courts (July 2023)
Written comment to the Michigan Supreme Court supporting ADM 2022-03 (including personal pronouns on court filings) (February 6, 2023) [and twice favorably mentioned by Trent Collier in his separate written comment]. The Court adopted the proposed rule change on April 20, 2023.
Self-represented efiling: surveying the accessible implementations, Nat’l Center for State Courts (May 2022); updated (July 2022)
17 Avoidable pain points when authoring and electronically publishing local court rules (and orders): considerations and examples, Nat’l Center for State Courts (March 2022)
Process simplification: A state court toolkit, Nat’l Center for State Courts (January 2022)
Five key aspects for court co-located residential eviction diversion programs, Nat’l Center for State Courts (January 2022)
How courts embraced technology, met the pandemic challenge, and revolutionized their operations, The Pew Charitable Trusts (December 2021) (contributing research) Also https://perma.cc/3UUF-DUCX
Trial court record considerations when there is a confrontation objection about remote participation, Nat’l Center for State Courts (October 2021)
Planning for longer First-Class Mail delivery times, Nat’l Center for State Courts (October 2021)
Workable considerations when drafting or updating remote-hearing protocols, Nat’l Center for State Courts (September 2021)
Response to pandemic pushes state court modernization forward, The Pew Charitable Trusts (July 2020) (contributing research)
Word “Style” Settings (April 2021)
ePleasing eBriefing (updated October 2019)
Pretrial Bond: Presumptions, Measurements, and the Avoidable Consequences of Detaining Low-Risk Defendants, Michigan Bar Journal (January 2019)