Participate in the 2021 CourtFutures Survey

We invite you to take the 2021 CourtFutures Survey

Since 2012, Phil Knox and Pete Kiefer have been surveying thousands of court professionals from around the world on the future of the courts. We are pleased to invite you to participate in our tenth survey by accessing the link shown below. The survey is fairly short (7 background questions and 16 scenarios). We ask that you give your best assessment of the probability of each scenario occurring within the next 10 years. The probability scale runs from “1” – highly likely, “2” – likely, “3” – having an equal (50-50) chance, “4” – unlikely, to “5” – improbable. If you do not wish to assess a given scenario, feel free to mark “No Answer.” We ask you to assess the likelihood of each scenario actually occurring within the next ten years, not whether you would like the scenario to occur.

At the end of the survey, we invite your comments regarding any of the scenarios. Your comments provide depth to the survey responses and context for how we look at these scenarios and ultimately the future of courts. We should be able to release the 2021 survey results in late July or August.

Access the link to take the 2021 CourtFutures Survey

Thanks for participating. Your response makes a difference!

Published by Peter C. Kiefer

Peter C. Kiefer is a career court veteran with over 40 years experience working with trial courts in Oregon, Arizona, and California. He has been an administrator in general jurisdiction and limited jurisdiction trial courts; he has also worked for state court administrative offices in both Oregon and California. He has consulted with the judicial systems in Liberia, Moldova, and Beirut, Lebanon, as well as being a member of a NACM delegation that visited the People’s Republic of China. Peter graduated from Santa Clara University with his bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and received his Masters of Public Administration with a specialty in Court Administration from the University of Southern California. In 2016 he became a Fellow of the Institute for Court Management. In 2015 Peter was given the NACM Award of Merit. View all posts by Peter C. Kiefer