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	Benchmark			Due to the transition in 2009 from a hard copy to an electronic format, Volume 32, #3 and #4 WILL NOT be published. The electronic version of Benchmark begins with Volume 33, #1. Benchmark Benchmark - Volume 32, Issue 2 - Winter 2009 Full Issue TOP Benchmark - Volume 32, Issue 1 - Spring 2009 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue TOP Benchmark - Volume 31, Issue 3 - Fall 2008 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Conference in Paradise, AJA Holds Annual Conference in Maui Page Two AJA Conference a Big Success for the American Judges Foundation (AJF)! Conference in Paradise, continued Page Three Interview with AJA President Tam Schumann New Committee on Legislation and Elections Page Four AJA 2008-2009 Committees AJA 2008-2009 Ad Hoc Committees Page Five In Memoriam: Charles H. Whitebread Interview with AJA President Tam Schumann, continued Page Six New NCSC Resources for Fall 2008 AJA Members in the News Page Seven AJA Insignia Wear Page Eight Court Technology Conference 2009 AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 31, Issue 2 - Summer 2008 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA’s Midyear Meeting: “Understanding the Senior Moment” Annual Meeting Notice Page Two AJA 2008 Proposed Amendments to the Bylaws AJA’s Midyear Meeting: “Understanding the Senior Moment” continued Page Three AJA Members in the News Page Four News from NCSC Page Five AJA Insignia Wear Page Six AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 31, Issue 1 - Spring 2008 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Maui to Welcome AJA this Fall Page Two Your Brain and Someone Else's Eyes: The Anatomy of Successful Court Security Page Three AJA Members in the News Mark Your Calendars for NCSC's '08 Conferences Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five 2008-2009 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six 2008-2009 Declaration of Candidacy, continued Page Seven AJA Insignia Wear Page Eight 2008 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 30, Issue 3 - Fall - Winter 2007 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Meets in the Great Northwest AJA Invites You to Beautiful Amelia Island for the 2008 Midyear Meeting Page Two AJA Members in the News AJA Meets in the Great Northwest, continued AJA Elects New Officers for 2007-08 Page Three AJA 2007-2008 Committees AJA 2007-2008 Ad Hoc Committees Page Four AJA Insignia Wear Page Five NCSC Publications Look at Courts' Role in Society NCSC Online Resources Provide Assistance, Data Page Six AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 30, Issue 2 - Summer 2007 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Newport Hosts AJA '07 Midyear Meeting Annual Meeting Notice Page Two Opinion: The Judicial Branch Make Real Improvements Page Three AJA Supports New York Judicial Pay Increase AJA Committee Leaders for 2007 Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five 2007-2008 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six 2007-2008 Declaration of Candidacy, continued Page Seven AJA Members in the News Newport Hosts AJA '07 Midyear Meeting, continued Page Eight Help AJA to Serve You - Complete Our Member Survey! AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information Page Nine 2006-2007 Committees and Appointments Page Ten AJA Insignia Wear TOP Benchmark - Volume 30, Issue 1 - Spring 2007 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Join AJA in British Columbia! 2007 Annual Conference in Vancouver, Sept. 25-30 Officers in Place for 2007 Page Two Remember New Orleans Page Three Remember New Orleans, continued Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five 2007 Membership Survey Page Six 2007 Membership Survey, continued Page Seven 2007 Membership Survey, continued Page Eight 2007 Membership Survey, continued Page Nine Chief Justice John Roberts Calls for Higher Judicial Pay American Judges Association Future Conferences Page Ten AJA Supports Increased Retirement Age for Judges Resolution AJA Announces Winners of 2006 Essay Competition Page Eleven AJA Insignia Wear Page Twelve 2007 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 29, Issue 2 - Summer 2006 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Plot to Kill Judge Fails, But Leaves Aftershocks Annual Meeting Notice Page Two Idaho Hosts AJA Midyear Meeting Page Three Is Your Court Prepared to Handle the Challenges of Pandemic Influenza? Page Four NCSC Updates Jury Trial Innovations New Survey of Judicial Salaries Compares Court Managers' and Other Public Administrators' Salaries Page Five In Memoriam NJEP Releases DVD Resource for Judges in Sexual Assault Trials 49 States Develop Plans to Help Children in Foster Care Page Six Plot to Kill Judge Fails, But Leaves Aftershocks, continued Page Seven Plot to Kill Judge Fails, But Leaves Aftershocks, continued Page Eight Plot to Kill Judge Fails, But Leaves Aftershocks, continued Page Nine AJA Insignia Wear Page Ten A View of the Square AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 29, Issue 1 - Spring 2006 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Joins Justice at Stake Campaign AJA Invites You to the "Big Easy" Page Two Planning Court Facilities Page Three Planning Court Facilities, continued Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five American Judges Association, 2006-2007 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six American Judges Association, 2006-2007 Declaration of Candidacy, continued Page Seven 2006 AJA Awards AJA Invites You to Beautiful Idaho for the 2006 Midyear Meeting Page Eight Planning Court Facilities, continued Page Nine Planning Court Facilities, continued Page Ten NCSC 2006 Conferences Offer Solutions for Judges AJA Joins Justice at Stake Campaign, continued Page Eleven AJA Insignia Wear Page Twelve AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 28, Issue 4 - Winter 2005 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One An Elected Judge's Odyssey AJA Invites You to Beautiful Idaho for the 2006 Midyear Meeting Page Two Judicial Salaries, Court Trends, and Dispute Resolution Are Subjects of New NCSC Publications AJA Honors Student Writers Page Three AJA 2005-2006 Committees AJA 2005-2006 Ad Hoc Committees Page Four AJA Insignia Wear Page Five An Elected Judge's Odyssey, continued Page Six AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 28, Issue 3 - Fall 2005 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One American Judges Association Meets in Alaska A Resolution to Adopt an Equal Access and Equal Treatment Policy for Court Users and Court Personnel Page Two A Resolution to Adopt an Equal Access and Equal Treatment Policy for Court Users and Court Personnel, continued Page Three American Judges Association Meets in Alaska, continued Page Four The Meeting is the Thing Page Five More Scenes from Anchorage Page Six AJA Insignia Wear Page Seven AJA WebBoard Conferencing and E-Discussion Rooms Now Available Page Eight AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 28, Issue 2 - Summer 2005 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Free Probation Program Changes Lives Annual Meeting Notice Page Two Reflections... On Judicial Security On AJA's Midyear Meeting Page Three Proposed Amendments to AJA Bylaws Page Four Free Probation Program Changes Lives, continued CTC - Ninth National Court Technology Conference Page Five Going, Going...We Need Your Donations for the AJF Silent Auction! CourtTools Now Available Online In Memoriam: James Joseph Burtell Page Six New DVD Helps Courts Deal with Sexual Violence Advertisement Page Seven AJA Insignia Wear Page Eight Ohio Judge Wins AJA Membership Contest AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 28, Issue 1 - Spring 2005 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Recent Court-Related Deaths Raise Concerns for Judicial Community NCSC Unveils "Blueprint" for Court Security, Will Convene National Security Summit in April 2005 Page Two Essential Ten Elements for Effective Courtroom Safety and Security Planning More on the National Summit on Court Safety and Security Page Three Note from the Editor AJA Invites You to Beautiful Marco Island Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five American Judges Association: 2005-2006 Declaration of Candidacy Form Page Six American Judges Association: 2005-2006 Declaration of Candidacy Form, continued Page Seven The President's FY2006 Proposed Budget The American Judges Association Invites You to Its 45th Annual Educational Conference Page Eight New Online "Centers" Help Courts Deal with Family Violence and Other Issues The Justice System Journal Page Nine 2005 AJA Awards Form Page Ten Reflections on Presiding Over a Drug Court The President's FY2006 Proposed Budget, continued Page Eleven AJA Insignia Wear Page Twelve AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 27, Issues 3 and 4 - Fall-Winter 2004 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Meets in San Francisco Winners of AJA's Annual Law Student Essay Competition Page Two National Forum Held on Judicial Independence Page Three With Vision We Move Forward Page Four American Judges Association: 2004-2005 Committees 2004-2005 Ad Hoc Committees Page Five AJA Meets in San Francisco, continued AJA Insignia Wear Page Six Join the President's Circle! Page Seven New Trends Report Looks at Present, and Future, of Courts 2004 Changes in Judicial Salaries Reflect Flat Economy, Says Latest Survey Page Eight AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 27, Issue 2 - Summer 2004 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Blakely v. Washington: Implications for State Courts Annual Meeting Notice Page Two Proposed Bylaw Amendments for 2004 Annual Conference Blakely v. Washington: Implications for State Courts, continued Page Three AJA National Forum on Judicial Independence Page Four Join the President's Circle! Page Five Of Interest: AJA Member Sworn in as Administrative Law Judge Page Six AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 27, Issue 1 - Spring 2004 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Holds Midyear Meeting in Savannah The American Judges Association Invites You to Its 44th Annual Educational Conference Page Two In Memoriam AJA Holds Midyear Meeting in Savannah, continued Future Conferences Page Three Announcements from the National Center for State Courts Page Four Nominations and Election Page Five AJA 2004-2005 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six AJA 2004-2005 Declaration of Candidacy, continued Page Seven AJA Insignia Wear Page Eight 2004 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 26, Issue 4 - Winter 2003 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA and CTC8 Latest Information on Judicial Best Practices Posted Online Page Two Web Site Helps Courts and Self-Represented Litigants AJS Opens Nominations for Opperman Award AJA and CTC8, continued Page Three AJA Insignia Wear Page Four AJA 2003-2004 Committees AJA 2003-2004 Ad Hoc Committees Page Five AJA Member Profile: Chief Judge Kevin S. Burke Page Six AJA Member Profile, continued NCSC Launches Search for New President AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 26, Issue 3 - Fall 2003 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Enjoys Canadian Hospitality at Annual Educational Conference AJA Member to Receive Rehnquist Award Page Two AJA Enjoys Canadian Hospitality at Annual Educational Conference, continued Page Three How Are Courts Using STOP Grants? What's New in Pro Se? Page Four AJA Insignia Wear Page Five Judicial Salaries Reflect Current State Budget Woes How Are Courts Using STOP Grants?, continued American Academy of Judicial Education: Court Improvement Through Education Page Six AJA Futures Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 26, Issue 2 - Summer 2003 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Holds Midyear Meeting in Montana Spend the Fall in Montreal - Come to AJA's 43rd Annual Conference Page Two Bringing It All Together: Behind the Scenes at an Annual Conference Page Three Coming to Montreal? Then Please Bear in Mind... AJA Members in the NEWS Page Four What's in a Problem-solving Court? A Brief Overview NCSC Announces Keynote Speakers for CTC8 Page Five AJA Member Profile: Judge Harold V. Froehlich Page Six AJA Insignia Wear Page Seven AJA Holds Midyear Meeting in Montana, continued Advertisement: Law-Related Career Opportunities Page Eight Mark Your Calendars! Upcoming AJA Conferences Nominations Open for 2004 Judicial Service Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 26, Issue 1 - Spring 2003 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA and NCSC Work Together Against Substance Abuse Kentucky Says "Yes" to Family Courts Page Two Advertisement: 43rd Annual Educational Conference Notices Page Three Nominations and Election Page Four Fordham University Honors AJA Member Attention: Presiding/Administrative Judges - Help AJA Develop New Programs Page Five American Judges Association: 2003-2004 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six American Judges Association: 2003-2004 Declaration of Candidacy (reverse side) Page Seven AJA Member Profile Page Eight 2003 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 25, Issue 4 - Winter 2002 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Drake Law Student Wins National Essay Contest AJA Invites You to Springtime in Montana Page Two American Judges Association 2002 - 2003 Committees American Judges Association 2002 - 2003 Ad Hoc Committees Page Three AJA Members in the NEWS AJS Releases New Products on Judicial Ethics and Discipline Notice: The Self-Help Friendly Court Page Four Are Hung Juries a Flaw in Our Jury System? National Center for State Courts Examines Causes and Effects of Hung Juries New JMI Manual Assesses Court Record-Making Operations Page Five AJA Insignia Wear Page Six AJA Member Profile - Debra H. Lehrmann Page Seven Ad - AJF Silent Auction NCSC Upcoming Programs Page Eight AJA Future Conferences AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 25, Issue 3 - Fall 2002 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One AJA Says "Aloha" from Maui AJA Elects New Officers at Maui Conference Page Two AJA Says "Aloha" from Maui, continued Page Three Accessing a Bigger Picture Through the AJA Enter the Roll of English Solicitors AJA Future Conferences Page Four Are You Delegate Material? Join AJA's House of Delegates! ICJ Looking for Trial Observers and Fact Finders Page Five NCSC Reports on Federal Activities Important to State Courts New Book Describes More "User Friendly" Court Page Six NCSC Releases Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records NCSC Upcoming Events Page Seven AJA Member Profile - John W. McClung Page Eight NCSC Reports on Federal Activities Important to State Courts, continued AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 25, Issue 2 - Summer 2002 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Midyear Meeting Held in Biloxi Page Two Proposed Bylaw Amendments for 2002 Annual Conference Page Three NCSC Publishes Latest Judicial Salaries Survey "Law-Related Career Opportunities" Ad Page Four NCSC Resources Help Courts Deal with Family Violence Proposed Bylaw Amendments for 2002 Annual Conference, continued Page Five Court Filings Reach Eight-Year High "Eighth National Court Technology Conference" Ad Midyear Meeting Held in Biloxi, continued Page Six Supreme Court Takes Up Judicial Candidates' First Amendment Rights AJA Future Conferences Page Seven AJA Insignia Wear Page Eight Aloha! Ad AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 25, Issue 1 - Spring 2002 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Full Issue Page One Come on Down to Biloxi! New Web Resource Provides Access to Court Information Page Two Aloha! Ad AJF News Corrections Page Three Nominations and Election Page Four Important Education Survey Page Five 2002-2003 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six 2002-2003 Declaration of Candidacy (Continued) Page Seven AJA Member Profile Page Eight AJA Insignia Wear Page Nine Spread the Word about AJA (Membership Application) Page Ten 2002 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 24, Issue 4 - Winter 2001 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One AJA Holds Annual Conference in Reno Page Two Scenes from Reno: 2001 AJA Annual Conference Page Three Process Problems in Protection Cases Page Four Note from our President-elect AJA Holds Annual Conference in Reno, continued Page Five AJA Insignia Wear Page Six American Judges Association, 2001-2002 Committee Chairs Page Seven 2002 Midyear Meeting, Join AJA on the Beautiful Gulf Coast AJA Reactivates Security Committee Page Eight AJA Member Profile Page Nine Interalia Page Ten AJA, National Center to Develop New Substance Abuse Education Program AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 24, Issue 3 - Fall 2001 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One NCSC Holds CTC7 in Baltimore AJA Member Becomes Chair of NJC Board of Trustees Page Two New Publications Take up How Courts Work with the Public Science, Technology, and Law Resource Center Available on Web Page Three In Memoriam Future Conferences Survey of Judicial Salaries Available Online Page Four NCSC Holds CTC7 in Baltimore, continued AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 24, Issue 2 - Summer 2001 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One AJA Meets in Hot Springs, Ark. Notice Page Two Scenes from Hot Springs Page Three American Judges Association Proposed Bylaw Revisions - 2001 Advertisement Page Four "Witness the Future" at the World's Largest Court Technology Conference AJA Meets in Hot Springs, Ark. - continued Page Five AJA Insignia Wear Form Page Six AJA Invites You to "The Biggest Little City in the World" Page Seven New Ethics Guide for Judges and Their Families States Remain Committed to Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System AJA Members Honored by Their Peers Page Eight Future Conferences AJA Invites You to "The Biggest Little City in the World," - continued AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 24, Issue 1 - Spring 2001 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One Jury Summit 2001 AJA Focused on Service, Membership, and Communications Page Two Nominations and Election Page Three American Judges Association Annual Educational Conference Page Four Judges Call for Change in the Judicial Selection Process Page Five American Judges Association Form (2001-2002 Declaration of Candidacy) Page Six Second Page of Form (2001-2002 Declaration of Candidacy) Page Seven ICM Opens Online "Campus" Judges Call for Change in the Judicial Selection Process, continued Page Eight 2001 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 23, Issue 4 - Winter 2000 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One Greet the Springtime at AJA's Midyear Meeting The "Why" of Best Practices in Judicial Administration Page Two American Judges Association, 2000-2001 Committee Chairs Insert Page - Side One Spread the Word about AJA AJA Membership Application Insert Page - Side Two AJA Insignia Wear Page Three The "Why" of Best Practices in Judicial Administration, continued Future Conferences Page Four Nominations Open for Devitt Award AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 23, Issue 3 - Fall 2000 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One AJA Jazzes It Up in Kansas City Meet AJA's New President Page Two Our Job as Judges: AJA Awards Luncheon Address, September 11, 2000 Page Three AJA Jazzes It Up in Kansas City, continued Meet AJA's New President, continued Page Four Our Job as Judges: AJA Awards Luncheon Address, continued AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 23, Issue 2 - Summer 2000 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One Sunny San Juan Hosts AJA Future Conferences Page Two Harvard Offers Community Problem-solving Programs NJC Offers Discounts to AJA Members In Memoriam Page Three AJA Site Selection Survey Page Four AJA Insignia Wear Page Five Proposed Revisions to the Bylaws of the American Judges Association (for consideration at the Annual Meeting, September 10-15, 2000, Kansas City, Missouri) Article IV - Board of Governors Article VIII - Officers Article X - House of Delegates Article XIII - Committees, Section 4 Article XIII - Committees, Section 8 Article XIV - Fiscal Matters Page Six Annual Conference Coming this Fall! AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Volume 23, Issue 1 - Spring 2000 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One The AJA sings "Kansas City here we come"! Page Two The AJA sings "Kansas City here we come"!, continued Conference Registration Form Page Three Annual Educational Conference Member Survey Page Four Nominations and Election Inter Alia Page Five American Judges Association, 2000-2001 Declaration of Candidacy Page Six American Judges Association, 2000-2000 Declaration of Candidacy, continued Page Seven 1999-2000 Committees 1999-2000 Ad Hoc Committees Page Eight 2000 AJA Awards AJA Contact Information TOP Benchmark - Vol. 22, No. 3 - Fall 1999 (in PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Page One Cleveland Rocks Future Conferences Page Two News from AJF Proposed 2000 Budget Page Three AJA Talent Search Page Four National Center for State Courts Information Service Official Notice Page Five AJA Insignia Wear Page Six Bylaws Revisions AJA Contact Information TOP

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