Recommendations on improving caseflow management
The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to secure a contract to provide the services of a consultant with court administration expertise to develop a series of recommendations on improving caseflow management to better ensure hearing and trial date certainty in felony proceedings. The consultant will be expected to develop and implement qualitative and quantitative data-collection protocols in 6-8 courts to determine continuation policy and practice in each of the courts studied, as well as to assess the relationship between the "Local Legal Culture" (in terms of readiness) and hearing/trial date certainty. The project will include 5-day onsite visits to each participating court at which findings and recommendations will be presented to the court.
