On the surface, architecture and advanced analytics disciplines might seem mutually exclusive. However, over 30 years of courthouse planning experience have proven that, like a well-designed building, effective courthouse planning requires a foundation. Analytics provides that foundation.

Navigating the latest trends in teleworking, mobility, and open office concepts and deciding what's best for your organization can be challenging for an organization’s management team. However, before considering the details, the management team must stop and ask: What solution best fits the goals...

When courthouse planners, architects, or court managers consider various possibilities for the layout of a new courtroom, how far from historic norms should they expect to depart? There has been a strong thread of consistency in the form and function of American courtrooms from colonial times to...

Alison Jones, Lead Consultant

Today’s modern office setting may at first glance appear to be designed solely for extroverts, while leaving introverts craving the solitude of the private office of years gone by. But is that really the case? Do these more open and collaborative office settings cater...

This article looks at how assisting pro se litigants helps the many individuals who decide to pursue this path and can help improve the clerk of court’s functional efficiency—and maybe even solve some space problems when courthouse planning.