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Court
Community Communication Purpose
and Communication
Fundamentals
Curriculum
Guideline One
Effective
court leaders know and use six communication fundamentals to support the
purposes and responsibilities of courts.
The fundamentals are 1) positive message, 2) credibility, 3)
honesty, 4) accessibility, 5) openness, and 6) understandability.
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities
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Knowledge
of the Purposes and Responsibilities of Courts Curriculum Guidelines
and their application to Court Community Communication;
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Knowledge
of the implications of Roscoe Pound’s seminal 1906 ABA speech “The
Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of
Justice” for Court Community Communication.
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Knowledge
of the Trial Court Performance Standards, particularly those in
the area of Public Trust and Confidence and the relationship of Public
Trust and Confidence to Access to Justice, Expedition and Timeliness,
Fairness, Equality, and Integrity, and Independence and
Accountability;
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Ability
to develop and convey a positive message;
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Ability
to be credible in the information that is generated by the court;
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Ability
to be honest in response to inquiries;
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Ability
to be accessible;
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Ability
to be open;
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Ability
to be understandable;
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Skill
in ensuring that the courts are understandable, accessible, and
responsive without comprise to the independence and impartiality of
court processes and decisions.
View
the Summary
of Court Community Communication Curriculum Guidelines or click on each of the
six Curriculum Guidelines to see the
associated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
 Curriculum
Guidelines
Purpose
and Communication Fundamentals
Understandable
Courts Community
Outreach Public
Information The
Media and Media Relations Leadership
and Program Management
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