Encouraging Consideration of Principles For Courthouses of the Future
Resolution 3: Encouraging Consideration of Principles For Courthouses of the Future
WHEREAS, trends in technology and changes in the nature and types of cases brought to the courts for resolution will have a meaningful impact on the design and construction of courthouses and courtrooms of the future; and
WHEREAS, taking these trends into account in courthouse design and construction will help ensure that courthouses well serve the future needs of courts, their customers, their funders, and their judicial partners; and
WHEREAS, the National Center for State Courts has developed guiding principles for Courthouses of the Future that consider trends and impacts and provide a framework for comprehensive court space master planning, facilities programming and architectural design;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators commend the guiding principles for Courthouses of the Future developed by the National Center for State Courts and encourage their members to review and consider these guiding principles as they undertake court space master planning, facilities programming and architectural design for courthouses of the future.
Adopted as proposed by the CCJ/COSCA Court Management Committee at the CCJ/COSCA Annual Meeting on July 27, 2016