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Data Collection: Census of State Court Organization
Status: ActiveFrequency: 1980, 1987, 1993, 1998, & 2004
Latest data available: 2004
This collection series serves as the primary source for detailed information on the structure and framework of state courts. The information collected includes the overall number of courts and judges in the nation's state courts; the selection and service requirements of judges; the governance, funding and administration of the judicial branch; the jurisdiction, staffing, and procedures associated with the nation's appellate courts; the administration, procedures, and specialized jurisdiction of state trial courts; the composition and workings of state juries; the sentencing context; and the overall structure of appellate and trial courts in each state. These data were last collected by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in 2004.
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1980, 1987, 1993, 1998, & 2004
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The State Court Organization or SCO data collection series serves as the primary source for detailed information on the structure and framework of state trial and appellate courts. SCO obtains organizational, operational, governance, staffing, and budgetary information for the trial and appellate courts of the nations 56 court systems located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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The 2009 State Court Organization project will endeavor to collect new information on information technology systems in state courts. Some of the electronic information collected will include the responsibilities and functions of a courts IT staff; the employment of e-filing procedures in trial and appellate courts; the accessibility of court information through online systems; and the implementation of case management systems as a means of organizing and managing a court's caseload.
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