Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2017-18

Judicial Commission of NSW — Annual Report 2017–18 56 Our partners and the community Results, challenges and strategic direction in brief Results 2017–18 Worked with the Supreme Court, Federal Court and NSW Bar Association to introduce an Indigenous Clerkship program for law students: see p 59. Informed the public about our role in the justice system to help promote trust and confidence in the judiciary: see p 60. As part of our commitment to community engagement, supported the development of the inaugural NSW Young Lawyers “Young Justice” for Year 7 and 8 students: see p 60. Provided assistance to the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) to develop an “Explanatory Note on the Judicial Process and Participation of Muslims”: see p 60. Provided free-to-view legal resources on our website: 28% increase in page views of our website: see p 61. Worked closely with the Department of Justice to help communicate major justice reforms to judicial officers: see p 61. Provided capacity-building assistance to judiciaries of other nations: see p 61. Developed a user-friendly interface for Lawcodes to improve the way criminal law agencies in NSW electronically communicate with each other: see p 61. Publicised best practice for judicial officers working with interpreters in courts and Tribunals: see p 62. Challenges 2017–18 Balancing our core work with requests for comment from NSW Government about major criminal justice legislative reform simultaneously with implementing other reforms that have taken effect this year. Strategic direction 2018–19 Provide online legal information for the public as part of our community engagement strategy. Provide online legal information and seminars for law students as part of our our community engagement strategy. Work with the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity to publicise the national framework to improve accessibility to courts for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and migrant and refugee women. Maintain the Lawcodes database, a vital database of unique codes for NSW and Commonwealth criminal offences to enable justice sector agencies to electronically exchange information. Continue to actively participate with other national and international providers of continuing judicial education to share resources and promote best practice for judicial officers. Work with the Drug Court to reconfigure its current case management system with the planned expansion of the court to regional centres. Continue our involvement with the International Organization for Judicial Training, a body dedicated to promote the rule of law through international cooperation in judicial education. Continue our involvement with the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) — an international body established to improve continuing legal education worldwide. Photo previous page: Court officers from the Supreme and National Courts of PNG attended our office in November 2017 for training on the integrated criminal case system database that we have developed for the court.