Performance of the City and Parish Courts

Fiscal Year 2017 - 2018

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GOAL I: ADVANCE JUDICIAL COMPETENCY


Objective

1.1 Enhance Judicial Competence Through Use of Best Practices Materials

Intent of the Objective

Responses To Objective

  1. Your court used bench books, bench cards, and/or best practices materials.
  2. If yes, what bench books, bench cards, or materials did you use?
  3. If yes, from where did the bench books, bench cards, or materials come?
  4. If no, what bench books, cards, or materials would be useful to you?
  5. Please share any other strategies that you used or details of the strategies you described above to advance judicial competence through best practices materials.
  6. Please share any obstacles you encountered in advancing judicial competence through best practice materials and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles.

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If yes, what bench books, bench cards, or materials did you use?
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BASTROP CITY COURT
Materials presented at conferences.
BATON ROUGE CITY COURT
Bench Books, Bench Cards with Fines and Court Costs, Legal Assistance Referral Cards, Court Interpreter Bench Cards
BOSSIER CITY COURT
Westlaw, Code of Criminal Procedure, Code of Civil Procedure
CROWLEY CITY COURT
Pro Se Litigants Bench Card and Court Interpreters Bench Card, La. District Judges Forms/Topics for Best Practices for Criminal Court
DENHAM SPRINGS CITY COURT
Westlaw
EUNICE CITY COURT
Juvenile Court Best Practices
HAMMOND CITY COURT
Court Interpreters, Self Represented Litigants, Small Claims Bench Card, 2018 Act 355 (summary)
HOUMA CITY COURT
Bench Book for Juvenile Proceedings, Bench Card for Court Interpreters
JEANERETTE CITY COURT
Bench book that was self-generated, and includes bench cards provided by the Louisiana Supreme Court
JEFFERSON PARISH 1ST PARISH COURT
Bench books
JEFFERSON PARISH 2ND PARISH COURT
Procedural Fairness Bench Card, Louisiana Language Access Judicial Bench Card, Guilty Plea Colloquy, Self-Represented Litigants Bench Card, Mental Capacity or Incapacity Procedures, a list of DMV reinstatement offices, DWI Class schedule, MADD Victim Impact Panel dates and locations, 24th JDC Intensive Probation Services, and signs to assist non-English speaking members of the public.
JENNINGS CITY COURT
Limited English Proficiency, Continued Custody Proceedings, Fines and Indigence guidelines, Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
KAPLAN CITY COURT
Boykin
LAFAYETTE CITY COURT
ICJ Bench Book, Lawful Collection of Financial Obligations, SRL Bench Card
LAKE CHARLES CITY COURT
2018 Revised Statutes, Code of Criminal Procedure, Code of Civil Procedure.
MARKSVILLE CITY COURT
Self-created forms and bench book
MINDEN CITY COURT
Bench books
MONROE CITY COURT
Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure; Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure; Louisiana Children's Code and the City of Monroe's Municipal Code Book.
NATCHITOCHES CITY COURT
Child in Need of Care (CINC), Essential Judicial Functions, At-a-Glance DWI Law
NEW IBERIA CITY COURT
Self-prepared bench book
NEW ORLEANS 2ND CITY COURT
Cards: Louisiana Language Access Judicial bench card. Statue of Limitations Bench card
NEW ORLEANS MUNICIPAL AND TRAFFIC COURT
Self-represented defendant materials, Court Interpreter's Bench Card.
OAKDALE CITY COURT
West
OPELOUSAS CITY COURT
Lawful Collection of LFOs Bench Card
RAYNE CITY COURT
Pro se Bench Card
RUSTON CITY COURT
Bench books
SLIDELL CITY COURT
Criminal bench book, CINC bench book, Juvenile delinquency bench book, Boykin Colloquy, Indigent Colloquy, Interpreter bench card
SPRINGHILL CITY COURT
Juvenile Court Bench Book
SULPHUR CITY COURT
Criminal and civil texts.
VIDALIA CITY COURT
Bench book received at new judge training, Self represented litigants, language barrier card
VILLE PLATTE CITY COURT
Juvenile, Evidence bench books
WEST MONROE CITY COURT
Essential Judicial Functions
WINNFIELD CITY COURT
Self-prepared bench book using materials gleaned from CLE
WINNSBORO CITY COURT
Existing bench book updated to reflect legislative amendments.
ZACHARY CITY COURT
Best Practices Criminal Forms and Checklists

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