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Purposes & Responsibilities of Courts (PRC) (PRC250SS)


Description
Note: Faculty Candidates must take a face-to-face or virtual (Zoom) course as part of the faculty certification process.

This course is intended to provide a historical and societal context for the development of our court system as we know it today. Participants will explore the foundations of the third branch of government and assess whether their courts are performing as the Founding Fathers intended. In addition, participants will learn how courts balance their competing responsibilities of protecting the rights of citizens to due process of law, while also moving cases to disposition as efficiently as possible. This course is an opportunity for participants to consider how the principles underlying the purposes and responsibilities of courts, which are shared by all courts, can result in different ways of accomplishing the same goals. Participants will study different ways courts can be structured, different methods of managing cases and court calendars, as well as how to devise strategies to align court performance, court structure, court operations, and court processes with court purposes.

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Participants have access to the course materials for three months from the date of payment. In order to receive certification credit for the Certified Court Manager Program (CCM), participants will be required to do the following:

  • Complete all assignments and quizzes with a minimum of 70% accuracy with a minimum of 2 weeks left in your 90-day window to ensure faculty have time to grade your assignments.
  • Complete and submit all course assignments. Instructors will grade your work within a week of receiving it and may return assignments to you for editing/corrections. Be sure to check your course frequently.
  • After you have received grades for all your quizzes and exercises, complete and submit the course evaluation survey.
  • After submitting the evaluation survey, you will be awarded your certificate of completion that you may download or print.
Content
  • Before You Begin
  • Before You Register for This Course... sample
  • Registration Information sample
  • Navigating This Course
  • Welcome
  • Tips
  • Objectives and Goals
  • Objectives and Goals
  • Your Faculty
  • Purposes & Responsibilities of Courts Overview
  • Course Overview
  • Lesson Unit 1 - Introduction and Course Overview
  • Unit 1 Introduction and Course Overview Slides
  • Unit 1.1 Introduction and Course Overview
  • Unit 1 Resources: NACM Purposes & Responsibilities of Courts Core Competency
  • Unit 1 Resources: Bibliography
  • Activity 1A: What Would Be Missing If Your Court Did Not Exist?
  • Activity 1B: Law and Procedure Vocabulary Activity
  • Lesson Unit 1 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 2 - Comparing Judicial Institutions
  • Unit 2 Comparing Judicial Institutions Slides
  • Unit 2.1 Judicial Institutions
  • Unit 2.2 Traditions of Law
  • Unit 2.3 U.S. Legal System Established by Founding Fathers
  • Unit 2.4 Three Branches of Government
  • Unit 2.5 Bill of Rights
  • Unit 2 Resources: Declaration of Independence (1776)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Magna Carta (1215)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Articles of Confederation (1781-1788)
  • Unit 2 Resources: The Constitution of the United States (1787)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendements ratified 1791)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 138 (1803)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Video - Respecting the Law (Slide #42)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Video - Three Separate Branches (Slide #50)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Video - Different Roles (Slide #53)
  • Unit 2 Resources: Video - Independent Judiciary (Slide #56)
  • Activity 2A: U.S. Courts as a Judicial Institution
  • Activity 2B: Long Train of Abuses
  • Activity 2C: What is Judicial Independence?
  • Lesson Unit 2 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 3 - Evolution of the U.S. Judicial System
  • Unit 3 - Evolution of the U.S. Judicial System Slides
  • Unit 3.1 How Laws are Developed
  • Unit 3.2 Who Works in the Courts?
  • Unit 3.3 Modern Court Administration
  • Unit 3 Resources: Creating the Judicial Branch by R. W. Tobin (1999)
  • Unit 3 Resources: An Overview of Court Administration in the United States(1997)
  • Unit 3 Resources: Video - Justice Depends on You: Working for the Federal Courts
  • Unit 3 Resources: Video - Introduction to Justice at Stake (Slide #95)
  • Activity 3A: Why Manage Courts?
  • Activity 3B: Adversarial or Inquisitorial?
  • Exercise 3C: Modern Court Administration: The Challenge of Reform
  • Lesson Unit 3 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 4 - Judges' and Administrators' Statement of Purposes
  • Unit 4 Judges' and Administrators' Statement of Purposes Slides
  • Unit 4.1 Purposes of Courts
  • Unit 4 Resources: Video - Purposes of Courts (Slide #118)
  • Exercise 4A: Modern Purposes of Courts Parts A & B: Mod vs. Trad Purposes
  • Lesson Unit 4 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 5 - Due Process of Law
  • Unit 5 Due Process of Law Slides
  • Unit 5.1 Due Process Protections
  • Unit 5.2 Court Administration as Champion of Due Process
  • Unit 5 Resources: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (excerpted)
  • Unit 5 Resources: Video - Judicial Recusal Defined (Slide #118)
  • Exercise 5A: Modern Purposes of Courts Part C: Court Administration
  • Exercise 5B: State vs. Russell (Crack Cocaine)
  • Lesson Unit 5 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 6 - The Legal and Social Context of Courts
  • Unit 6 The Legal and Social Context of Courts Slides
  • Unit 6.1 The Anglo-American Legal System
  • Unit 6.2 Causes of Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice
  • Unit 6 The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice
  • Unit 6 Resources: Video - 2010 State Supreme Court Ads (Slide #130)
  • Exercise 6A: Causes of Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice
  • Lesson Unit 6 Quiz
  • Lesson Unit 7 - The Role of Court Administration
  • Unit 7 The Role of Court Administration Slides
  • Unit 7.1 NACM
  • Unit 7.2 Judicial Administration as a Higher Calling
  • Unit 7 Resources: NACM Model Code of Conduct for Court Professionals
  • Unit 7 Resources: Elements of Hierarchy of Court Administration
  • Activity 7A: NACM Model Code of Conduct for Court Professionals
  • Activity 7B: Practical Impact
  • Activity 7C: Survey of Time Questionnaire
  • Activity 7D: Law and Procedure Vocabulary
  • Lesson Unit 7 Quiz
  • Course Evaluation
  • Course Evaluation
Completion rules
  • You must complete the units "Lesson Unit 1 Quiz, Lesson Unit 2 Quiz, Exercise 3C: Modern Court Administration: The Challenge of Reform, Lesson Unit 3 Quiz, Exercise 4A: Modern Purposes of Courts Parts A & B: Mod vs. Trad Purposes, Lesson Unit 4 Quiz, Exercise 5A: Modern Purposes of Courts Part C: Court Administration, Exercise 5B: State vs. Russell (Crack Cocaine), Lesson Unit 5 Quiz, Exercise 6A: Causes of Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice, Lesson Unit 6 Quiz, Lesson Unit 7 Quiz, Course Evaluation"
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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