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Pacific Islands Judicial Education Programs December 8. 2020 Pacific Islands Judicial Education Programs 2020 Preliminary Fiscal Year Report Russ Mathieson Office of the Circuit Executive Phone: 415‐355‐8974 Education Specialist 95 Seventh Street, Suite 429 Fax: 415‐355‐8901 [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94103 This page intentionally left blank. Table of Contents I. 2020 Fiscal Year Report ....................................................................................... 4 II. About the Pacific Islands Committee ................................................................... 4 III. Overview of the Pacific Islands Judicial Education Program .............................................................................................................. 6 IV. Program Development ........................................................................................ 6 V. Target Audience .................................................................................................. 7 VI. Measuring the Impact of Judicial Training ............................................................ 7 VII. 2020 Programs at a Glance .................................................................................. 8 1. GENJR NJC: General Jurisdiction ............................................................................................... 8 2. CTINT PJC Advanced Court Interpreter Training ..................................................................... 8 3. AJIDC Appellate Judges Education Institute ............................................................................ 8 4. LIEVD Pacific Islands Legal Institute – Evidence ...................................................................... 9 5. DECIS NJC: Decision Making .................................................................................................... 9 6. MDWIN FJC Mid‐Winter Workshop .......................................................................................... 9 7. ACTLS ACTL Trial Practice Training ........................................................................................... 9 8. ETHIC NJC: Ethics and Reaching Higher Ground ...................................................................... 9 9. COVID COVID19 and the Courts ............................................................................................... 9 10. SCIEV NJC: Scientific Evidence Webinar Series ..................................................................... 10 VIII. PARTICIPANTS AND JURISDICTIONS SERVED ...................................................... 11 IX. 2020 Program Highlights and Outcomes ............................................................ 15 1. GENJR NJC General Jurisdiction .............................................................................................. 16 2. CTINT PJC Court Interpreter Conference ............................................................................... 18 3. AIATL Appellate Judges Education Institute .......................................................................... 22 4. LIEVD Pacific Islands Legal Institute ‐ Evidence ..................................................................... 24 5. DECIS NJC Decision Making ................................................................................................... 27 6. ACTLS PJC / ACTL Trial Practice Training ................................................................................ 29 7. MDWIN FJC Mid‐Winter Workshop ........................................................................................ 36 8. ETHIC Ethics & Judging‐Reaching High Ground ..................................................................... 38 9. COVID COVID19 and the Courts Webinar .............................................................................. 40 X. Financial Management ...................................................................................... 48 XI. Technical Assistance Grant ................................................................................ 48 XII. Compact Funds .................................................................................................. 49 2020 Fiscal Year Report This report describes the judicial education training programs funded by grants from the Department of the Interior in fiscal year 2018 benefitting the judiciaries of the American territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific. This document is submitted to satisfy the reporting requirements stipulated in the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Department of the Interior and the Administrative Office of the United States Federal Courts. The report enables the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Congress to assess the performance of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Pacific Islands Committee relative to its mission and stewardship of the funds entrusted to it. Additional copies of this report are available by sending a request to: Mr. Russ Mathieson Office of the Circuit Executive James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse 95 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 [email protected] About the Pacific Islands Committee The Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit established the Pacific Islands Committee to fulfill the oversight responsibilities of the Council and of the Judicial Conference of the United States with respect to the judiciaries of the American territories in the Pacific (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and of the former Trust Territories: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The United States assisted with the formation of the judiciaries in these islands and the Pacific Islands Committee is charged with monitoring their judicial development. Traditionally, the courts of the Pacific administered justice with modest levels of resources. The specific responsibilities of the Pacific Islands Committee include assisting in the development and provision of continuing judicial education and court professional training, and overall improvement of the administration of justice in the courts. The committee also has oversight responsibility for judicial education grants from the Department of the Interior which provide the funding for the training activities contained in this report. PACIFIC ISLANDS JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS – DECEMBER 2020 4 The Pacific Islands Committee is composed of federal judges appointed by the chief judge of the Ninth Circuit. In FY 2019‐2020, the membership included: Pacific Islands Committee Title 2018 Hon. M. Margaret McKeown Chair United States Court of Circuit Judge Appeals, Ninth Circuit Hon. A. Wallace Tashima Senior Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Hon. Richard R. Clifton Senior Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Hon. Morgan Christen Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Hon. Donald W. Molloy Senior District Judge District of Montana Hon. Michael W. Mosman Chief District Judge District of Oregon Hon. Frances Tydingco‐Gatewood Chief District Judge District of Guam Hon. Ramona Villagomez Chief District Judge District of the Northern Manglona Mariana Islands Ms. Elizabeth Smith Circuit Executive Office of the Circuit Executive Ms. Renée S. Lorda Assistant Circuit Office of the Circuit Executive Executive Mr. Russell W Mathieson Education Specialist Office of the Circuit Executive PACIFIC ISLANDS JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS – DECEMBER 2020 5 Overview of the Pacific Islands Judicial Education Program The Department of the Interior appropriates funds each fiscal year to the Ninth Circuit to provide judicial training programs in the Pacific territories and Freely Associated States. This funding, which is mandated by Congress, covers the cost of presenter/staff travel, training materials and the travel costs of attendees for judicial education programs developed for the American territories and former territories in the Pacific. Each year, the Pacific Islands Committee of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council provides Interior with a written report summarizing the programs and related expenses. In Fiscal Year 2018, the courts of American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau participated in a wide variety of training programs designed to strengthen court governance and the rule of law, improve judicial systems and processes, and develop the skills of newly appointed judicial officers. The objectives of the training programs are as follows: The training of judges to provide fair, impartial, and speedy justice, with a bench imbued with integrity, professionalism and competence The training of court leaders with ethical principles to train court staff and lead courts in the 21st century The training of lawyers to provide a pool of qualified candidates to fill future judicial vacancies The training of court interpreters to provide access to justice to local communities The training of probation officers, court security officers, and other court personnel to effectively and efficiently administer access to justice Program Development The Pacific Islands Committee of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which oversees the delivery of judicial training in these island jurisdictions, works closely with the Education Committee of the Pacific Judicial Council [PJC] to plan, develop, and deliver judicial training and court development services locally. In addition, the Committee works independently with the
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