BYLAWS
OF
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COURT MANAGEMENT
(a Virginia nonstock corporation)

Amended August 2000

ARTICLE I

  Purposes

The purposes for which the corporation is organized are:

Section 1.     To improve the administration of justice through the application of modern management techniques.

Section 2.     To support the independence of the judiciary, particularly at the trial-court level.

Section 3.     To determine, formulate, and declare fundamental policies, principles, and standards involved in judicial administration and to standardize judicial terminology and statistical reporting methods.

Section 4.     To promote coordination of judicial research activities and furnish a forum for the interchange of practical information relating to judicial administration.

Section 5.     To aid in the improvement of judicial administration in general, with particular emphasis on the study, development, and use of scientific and technological methods.