Justice Speakers Institute

Your gateway to justice system leaders and issues worldwide!

Welcome

The partners and associates of the Justice Speakers Institute (JSI) are internationally recognized experts with decades of experience and mastery of over 300 subjects impacting the justice system.

The Institute was founded in 2015 by the late Peggy Hora, Brian MacKenzie, and David Wallace. Currently, David is the President, with Mack Jenkins as the Vice President and Brian MacKenzie as the Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, there are just over twenty rigorously selected associates with expertise on a wide variety of justice and legal issues. Check out the website and read the articles and blogs, and listen to the podcast episodes.

JSI’s sister organization, Justice Speakers International, was launched in 2017 to focus on justice issues outside the U.S.  JSI has provided services in countries on 6 of the 7 continents.

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JSI Latest Podcast Episode

An Interview with the ADCPA Leadership
In this episode, Justice Speaks continues a series about State Treatment Court Associations.  This episode is sponsored by Reconnect. In this episode, we interview Judge Andrew Gill and Ms. Janet Hawley representing the Arkansas Drug Court Professionals Association (ADCPA).

Leadership in ADCPA

Judge Gill is the current president of ADCPA and Ms. Hawley is the Drug Court Coordinator for the State of Arkansas.  Judge Gill has been a Circuit Court (general jurisdiction) judge for three years and he presides over Perry and Pulaski counties which encompasses the city of Little Rock as well as one of smallest counties in Arkansas.
Listen to the episode HERE.

 

JSI Latest Blog Post

Ensuring Reliable and Trustworthy Scientific Evidence in the Courts

Have you ever heard of the “Daubert/Frye” test? The apparent merging of the Frye and Daubert standards reflects a certain confusion that exists on the appropriate legal standard for the admission of scientific evidence, particularly in criminal cases. While the standard for the admission of scientific evidence can vary widely from federal courts to state courts and from state to state, every jurisdiction in the United States relies on either the Frye or the Daubert standard.No jurisdiction has a Daubert/Frye standard.

Read more HERE.

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