November 18, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Discussion and Approval of Final Committee Report
• Presenters: None
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

September 30, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Discussion of Amended Interim Report
• Presenters: Judge Calvin Hill, Judge Gary Cash
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

September 9, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Review of Submitted Public Comments, Discussion of Next Steps in Shaping the Final Committee Report
• Presenters: None
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Summary of Public Comments on the Civil Justice Interim Report

May 6, 2016

• Meeting Topic: Committee Discussion of Draft Interim Report
• Presenters: None
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes

April 22, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Electronic Filing and Standardization, Case Identification and Tracking, The Collateral Effects of Civil Justice Penalties
• Presenters: Peter Letteney, Christina O’Tousa, Ziyang Huang, Patrick Jones, Agustín Grández, William Robinson, Ashley Walker
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Duke University School of Law Student Presentations:
  • Electronic Filing and Standardization
  • Case Identification and Tracking
  • The Collateral Effects of Civil Justice Penalties (Including Debts)

March 30, 2016

• Meeting Topics: Civil Case Management in the Utah State Courts, Legislative Relations, Civil Small Claims, Civil District Court
• Presenters: Dan Becker, Tom Murry, Brad Fowler, Cynthia Easterling, Judge Calvin Hill, Sheila Eley
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Utah Court System: Civil Case Management Initiatives
  • Audio and Video of Mr. Becker’s Presentation
• North Carolina Civil Small Claims & Civil District Court: Data and Case Management

February 10, 2016

• Meeting Topic: Conference of Chief Justices’ Proposed Recommendations for Civil Justice Improvements in State Courts
• Presenters: Judge Gregory Mize, Chief Justice Burley Mitchell, John Wester, Charles Holton
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• The Landscape of Civil Litigation in State Courts
• Civil Justice Initiative – Draft Recommendations to Reduce the Cost and Delay in the Delivery of Civil Justice

December 4, 2015

• Meeting Topics: Case Calendaring and Management, Rotation of Superior Court Judges
• Presenters: Kathy Shuart, Daneen Barrier, Carolyn Dobbins, Chris Nichols, Bert Kemp, David Hoke, Brad Fowler, Judge Osmond Smith, Judge Martin McGee
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• An Overview of Civil Case Calendaring & Management
• North Carolina Superior Court Master Calendar
• North Carolina Superior Court Divisions (Map)
• Superior Court Judicial Workload Data
  • Median Age of Disposed and Pending Civil Cases
  • Superior Court Judge Need as of 7-1-15
  • Number of Sessions on the Superior Court Master Calendar vs. Workload Need
• Judge John W. Smith Letter on Rotation

November 6, 2015

• Meeting Topic: Equal Access to Justice
• Presenters: Celia Pistolis, Rick Glazier
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Overview of Access to Justice in North Carolina
• Opportunities to Increase Access to Justice in North Carolina
• The Impact of Legal Services on Client’s Lives (video)
• Letter and Additional Information from the Equal Justice Alliance
  • Budget & Tax Center Report: “North Carolina’s Greatest Challenge”
  • NC Equal Access to Justice Commission Report: “A 108% Return on Investment: The Economic Impact to the State of North Carolina of Civil Legal Services in 2012”
    • Executive Summary
    • Full Report

October 22, 2015

• Meeting Topics: North Carolina Court System, North Carolina Business Court
• Presenters: Professor Thomas Thornburg, Judge James L. Gale
• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes
• Basics of the North Carolina Court System
• North Carolina Business Court