Where can I find out about best practices in caseflow management?
Since the 1970s, when U.S. courts developed a body of research referred to as “caseflow management,” delay reduction has been a focus of major court reform. Best practices that distinguish efficient from backlogged courts include: • Setting case-disposition time standards • Ensuring early court intervention • Controlling case progress continuously • Using DCM • Establishing meaningful pretrial events and schedules • Maximizing dispositions before setting specific trial dates • Limiting continuances • Using effective calendaring and docketing practices • Setting firm trial dates • Monitoring caseload information systems • Providing effective post-disposition NCSC’s Best Practices Institute has compiled information regarding successful caseflow management techniques.
