What is court management? It encompasses many facets of administration of justice. Ultimately court management may be defined as the application of processes and procedures in a legal forum that address the needs of our communities through timely and expedient case disposition, provides a forum for fairness and equality in an environment founded on integrity; and ensures access to our courts for everyone. Only when we are successful in fulfilling these goals and objectives will the public’s trust and confidence in our courts rise.

Listed below are Eight Purposes of Courts as defined by Mr. Ernest Friesen, former director of the Administrative Office of United States Courts and founder of the National Judicial College.

1. To do individual justice in individual cases
2. To appear to do justice in individual cases
3. To provide a forum for the resolution of legal disputes
4. To protect citizens against the arbitrary use of Government power
5. To make a formal record of legal status
6. To deter criminal behavior
7. To help rehabilitate persons convicted of crimes
8. To separate persons convicted of serious offenses from society

“Time destroys the very purposes of courts.”

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