Robin Jenkins, Ph.D., and Renee Boothroyd, Ph.D., experts in the science of program/project implementation, served as keynote speakers for the 2022 Chief Justice’s Leadership Council.  Judicial Branch leaders participated in discussions on how the elements of implementation science can help to enhance and promote the mission of each Supreme Court committee/commission.

Jenkins and Boothroyd are the principal investigator and senior implementation scientist on Nebraska’s statewide juvenile grant through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention that began in October 2020 and will last for three years.

The 2022​ Committee/Commission Reports were presented by their respective chairs.  Reports for the committees below can be found on the Intranet:

• Access to Justice Commission, Justice Stephanie Stacy and Liz Neeley
• Children in the Courts, Commission on, Judge Francie Riedmann and Judge Roger Heideman
• Commission on Guardianship and Conservatorship, Judge Francie Riedmann and Judge Holly Parsley 
• Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, Judge Mike Pirtle 
• Judicial Branch Education Advisory Committee, Judge Riko Bishop 
• PEOPLE Media/Community Outreach, Justice Jeff Funke
• Probation Services Committee, Judge Jodi Nelson 
• Problem-Solving/Drug Courts, Committee on, Judge James E. Doyle, IV 
• Statewide Security Clearinghouse Committee, Justice John Freudenberg 
• Technology Committee, Justice William Cassel 
• Workers’ Compensation Court, Judge Daniel R. Fridrich

Review committee reports: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/intranet-home/chief-justice%E2%80%99s-leadership-conference

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