The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters’ Metrics Working Group has produced various documents and resources related to its ongoing work on national justice metrics enhancement and coordination. It will make papers and publications of interest available here:

• Action Committee Metrics Working Group: Project Description
• Access to Justice BC: Access to Justice Measurement Framework
  
• Applying the Measurement Framework– A User’s Guide, Access to Justice BC, Measurement Working Group, Dec. 2017

 

RECOMMENDED REPORTS FROM OTHER SOURCES

• Family Justice Initiative. (2018). Landscape of Domestic Relations Cases in State Courts.
  The American Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) have collaborated in producing “The Family Justice Initiative”. The report is unique in that it uses data collected from 11 American states and over 147,000 cases in an attempt to use evidence to test anecdotal perceptions and conventional wisdom about family litigation. The report can be found online at: https://www.ncsc.org/~/media/Files/PDF/Services%20and%20Experts/Areas%20of%20expertise/Children%20Families/FJI/FJI%20Landscape%20Report%202mb.ashx
• Tracking Outcomes: A Guide for Civil Legal Aid Providers, National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School, June 20, 2018. Online at : http://ncforaj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NCAJ-Outcomes-Guide-complete-for-6-20-18.pdf.
• A Handbook for Measuring the Costs and Quality of Access to Justice, Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems, 2009. PDF online at http://lawforlife.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/handbook-for-measuring-the-costs-and-quality-of-access-to-justice-271.pdf.
• Australia Attorney General’s Department, National Legal Assistance Data Standards Manual, July 2015. Online at https://www.ag.gov.au/LegalSystem/Legalaidprogrammes/Documents/National-Legal-Assistance-Data-Standards-Manual.pdf