AJA Procedural Fairness Interviews
The American Judges Association (AJA) conducted interviews about procedural fairness with nine national leaders on issues involving judges and the courts.
Watch the interviews
These interviews cover the elements of procedural fairness for courts and judges, how judges can improve fairness skills, and how the public reacts to courts and judges.
They were done in August 2014; job titles are shown as of that time.
- Yale Law School Professor Tom Tyler: An overview
- Joanne Slotnik: Procedural fairness principles for evaluation
- Emily Gold LaGratta: Implementation
- Terry Maroney: Dealing with emotions
- Dale Lefever: Building better skills
- Daniel Becker: Using data to improve court performance
- Kent Wagner: Procedural fairness principles in judicial evaluation
- Bert Brandenburg: Public opinion of the courts
- Carl Reynolds: Measurement tools to assess court performance in fairness
Chief briefs
In addition, two state supreme court chief justices provided their thoughts about procedural fairness in the courts of their states.
Then-Alaska Chief Justice Dana Fabe
Alaska Chief Justice Dana Fabe tells about the decision to place a poster pledging fairness at the entrance to every courthouse in Alaska.
Utah Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant
Utah Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant discusses the emphasis the state courts of Utah have placed on procedural fairness along with specific steps taken by Utah courts and judges.
BJA support
This project was supported by Grant No. 2010-DD-BX-K034 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to the American Judges Association. Points of view or opinions expressed in the interviews are those of the speakers and do not represent the views of either AJA or the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
