The dedication and opening of a new courthouse is always an exciting and monumental event, filled with ceremony, speakers, and celebration. It’s also exceedingly rare. The average courthouse in the U.S. is over 50 years old, and funding for new courthouse construction, especially within the past...

The witness represents a critical player in the judicial process. How that witness is presented in court is, in part, established by the location of the witness stand, the stage upon which their testimony is given, and then received by the judge, jury, litigants, attorneys, and spectators.

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.

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.

The grand jury is an integral and essential component of the American judicial process. Unfortunately, providing appropriate accommodations for the grand jury is not a high priority in many existing courthouses. How does a courthouse demonstrate its recognition of the grand jury’s importance? And...