Fairness & Diversity Repository
Articles and Essays
Diversity and Fairness
- Alaska Justice Forum University of Alaska Anchorage Public Perception of Judicial Fairness
- “Blueprint for Judicial Diversity” Held by the Minority Leader of the New York State Senate
- COURT REVIEW: The Journal of American Judges Association. Special Issue on Procedural Fairness,
- Diversity in the Legal Profession: The Challenge Remains!
- Examining diversity on state courts: How does the judicial selection environment advance—and inhibit—judicial diversity?
- Perceptions of the Courts in Your Community: The Influence of Experience, Race and Ethnicity, National Center for State Courts
Bias/ Implicit Bias
- First, Do No Harm: On Addressing the Problem of Implicit Bias in Juror Decision Making Jennifer K. Elek & Paula Hannaford-Agor
- Judicial Bias: What Crosses The Line?
- Judicial Bias Playing Favourites, The Economist, Democracy in America, May 13th 2014
- Implicit Bias in the Courtroom
- Socioeconomic Bias in the Judiciary
- Teaching Implicit Bias to Court Employees - Lessons From The Field
Bias/ Implicit Bias
- Inside Out The View From the Other Side of the Bench
- Diversity-Implicit Bias Resources for Education NCSC
- Overcoming Implicit Bias: Guidance for Court Personnel Video
- Video: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Decisionmaking, Part 1: A New Way of Learning
- Video: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Decisionmaking, Part 2: The Media, the Brain, and the Courtroom
- Video: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Decisionmaking, Part 3: Dismantling and Overriding Bias
- Achieving Fairness Through Bias-Free Behavior: A Pocket Guide for the Courts Madelynn Herman Race and Ethic Fairness Initiative: National Center for State Courts 2005
- Cultural Competence in the Courtroom: A Judge’s Insight
- GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICING GENDER NEUTRAL COURTROOM PROCEDURES: Texas Supreme Court Gender Bias Reform Implementation Committee, April, 2004
- Recognizing and Eliminating Bias from Court Operations Florida Supreme Court Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity
- Strategies to Reduce the Influence of Implicit Bias National Center for State Courts
General Diversity Resources
The Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity recommends that the court leaders and local court diversity teams read the following online articles when crafting their own fairness and diversity plans.
Additional Resources for the Florida Court System
The following additional resources are quite helpful when dealing with fairness and diversity issues. They can be located online on the Florida State Court System Intranet Judicial Branch Education.
- Code of Judicial Conduct for the State of Florida
- OPINIONS OF THE JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOPICAL INDEX Opinions 1972/1 through 2015/02
Diverse Bar Associations and Committees
The Florida Bar maintains a resource list of voluntary bar associations which is organized alphabetically and by area. It includes websites for those organizations with websites. Many of these voluntary bar associations have members who are willing to participate as sponsors or speakers for diversity events and training activities and serve as an important resource to the courts in our fairness and diversity efforts. The list can be located at:
- Voluntary Bar Associations
- American Bar Association’s Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Diversity Center Group | Special Committees and Commissions
Florida Bar Diversity in the Legal Profession
- This site includes information and resources regarding Diversity Efforts, Definition of Diversity, and Committment to Promoting Diversity along diversity resources such as Diversity Leadership Grants.
- Florida Supreme Court Fairness & Diversity Standing Supreme Court Committee
- National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts
- The National Organization for Judicial Education