#FairnessChallenge

We lead an annual #FairnessChallenge where hundreds of judges and other legal professionals nationally spend a few minutes each day advancing their fairness practices in specific ways.

With a bit of focus and support, we can leverage the extensive research and tools on the topic of procedural fairness to invest in this worthy topic. We hope you’ll join us for the next one!

2024 Fairness Challenge (DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED)

Join our mailing list to be added to the waitlist for our 2024 #FairnessChallenge and learn about other upcoming training and engagement opportunities.

Participation includes:

  • Commit to a “fairness workout” of simple daily practices. Each workday, you’ll receive a prompt to prioritize a recommended, research-informed fairness practice.

  • During the Challenge, click through brief email engagements about your perspectives on fairness and related practices.

VIEW OUR #FairnessChallenge one-pager.

These efforts are centered around the evidence-based framework of procedural justice (also known as procedural fairness), which has been shown to improve trust and confidence in courts and increase voluntary cooperation and compliance with court orders. Read more about the concept here.

Past Fairness ChallengeS

August 2023 & June 2022: We partnered with judges and other court professionals for a 2 to 4-week sprint centered on court fairness. Exercises focused on concrete, pragmatic strategies for courts to get feedback from their primary audience: court users.

April 2021: The 2021 Fairness Challenge was led in partnership with the National Center for State Courts with support from the State Justice Institute. This inaugural Challenge provided a primer on four elements of procedural justice and included participation awards for courts who engaged the most court professionals in the 4-week process. The top-participant courts are listed below; participation spanned the country as shown on the map at right.

Over 500 professionals from 65 courts have signed up to spend a few minutes each day in April 2021 as part of a national #FairnessChallenge.

  • 2nd Judicial District of Nebraska

  • 21st Judicial District of Kansas

  • 7th Judicial District of Minnesota

  • Alaska Court System

  • Azle Municipal Court (TX)

  • Canyon Municipal Court (TX)

  • Euless Municipal Court (TX)

  • Fort Worth Municipal Court (TX)

  • Lafayette Municipal Court (CO)

  • Pleasanton Municipal Court (TX)

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

* Do you work at a touchpoint in the legal system other than the courts? Email us to set up a tailored Fairness Challenge.