Commission to Study Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts

Commission to Study Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts

Agenda

Commission to Study Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts
September 17, 2010
Renoir/Russell Room

10:00 a.m.   Call to Order

1.    Approval of July 23, 2010 Minutes

2.    Subcommittee Reports - Chairs

a.   Research
i.   Pow wow survey update
ii.   SBAND Survey results/ request
iii.   Employee and Attorney Survey Drafts
iv.   Juries Update
v.   Court User Survey(s)
i.   Update on Minnesota study
ii.   User survey examples
b.   Criminal Justice
i.   Court User Survey
i.   UND Bureau of Government Affairs Status
ii.   Development of test survey
iii.   Schedule criminal and research committee meeting
ii.   Possible sentencing/ prison population disparity report
i. Develop suggestions and possible timeline for a short report
c.   Meetings
i.   10 September Hearings Summary
ii.   Fall Meetings
i.   Finalize lists of attendees
ii.   Dates for UTTC and Standing Rock meetings
iii.   Extended Pow wow survey
iii.   Advertising
i.   List of potential contacts for the upcoming meetings
ii.   Utilizing Commission connections to reach as many individuals as possible
iii.   Further suggestions
d.   Civil Justice
i.   Chairperson
ii.   Unbundling of legal services as it relates to racial and ethnic bias in courts
iii.   Self-representation issues
i.   Availability of aids, online or with clerks
ii.   Disproportionate use of self-representation by racial group or in case type
iv. Gathering data or statistics on family law issues and minority groups
v.   Children and poverty issues as in relation to Commission study area

3. Open for Additional Comments