Norman Meyer, Court Administrator, Retired
Norman Meyer is a court administration expert after a 38-year career as a trial court administrator in the state and federal United States courts. Mr. Meyer continues to write, teach, and otherwise participate in judicial administration activities world-wide. He has written and spoken widely on judicial administration in the United States and abroad. He continues his role in court administration as an active member of the Court Leader group and is currently writing a court management blog as a member of the nonprofit CourtLeader group. In particular, he is active in the International Association for Court Administration (IACA) as a member of its Advisory Council (he previously was the V.P. for North America), and the National Association for Court Management (NACM) as a Past President and Award of Merit recipient. Mr. Meyer has experience working with many foreign judiciaries, especially in the Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Albania. He received his M.S. in Judicial Administration from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1979, and a B.A. in political science and Russian studies from the University of New Mexico, graduating in 1977.
- Judicial Administration
- Leadership and Management
- Workforce Management (in particular, Performance Management)
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Part of (Court Leader – A place for court leaders, by court leaders) worked with eDevLearn (Lifelong Learning - eDevLearn) to create accessible online micro-courses on court administration:
- A series of 12 courses on “Workforce Management”; I am the faculty on 5 of them (e.g., Employee Performance Management parts 1-2-3) – these courses are based on the NACM CORE Competencies.
- “Introduction to the Courts of the United States” (intended to orient new employees, etc.); I am one of 5 faculty members, my module is “Types of Courts”
- “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as Pillars of Justice for Courts” (intended to educate court staff and judges on the importance of DEI and the Rule of Law); my module is “Actions and Tools to Create a More Inclusive and Equitable Workplace”
- Provided Human Resources/Workforce Management expert support to the USAID-funded “Moldova Model Court Initiative” (DEXIS managed) in 2022:
- Created a series of ten video segments based on the NACM CORE “Workforce Management” area, along with live, interactive follow up session (February)
- Wrote chapters on Workforce Management for a new “Court Administration Manual” for the Moldova courts (August)
- A panelist on the Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Series:
- 2021 National Association for Court Management (NACM) Annual Conference (San Diego, CA): “Making Diversity and Inclusion Real – a How-To Primer” https://youtu.be/nAqqzkJ2ROU
- 2022 NACM Midyear Conference (Bellevue, WA) “NACM CORE – The Leadership Challenges of Today and Tomorrow” https://youtu.be/i2z7Bup0pvY
- 2022 Federal Court Clerks Association (FCCA) Annual Conference (Washington, DC): “Employee Performance Appraisals are Terrible – We Can Do Better”
- Federal Judicial Center: Presentations on “High Tech in the Courtroom,” “Social Media in the Courts,” “Hiring, Supervising, & Evaluating the Technical Employee,” “The Importance of Training & Education,” and “Putting Performance Management to Work.” (1990 – 2017).
- NACM: Speaker at multiple conferences – “International Court Administration,” “Social Media and the Ethical Court Employee,” “State-Federal Cooperation,” “Strategic Alliances,” “State-Level Association Innovations,” “Oregon’s Automated Judicial Information Network,” and “What to Ask a Computer Expert.” (1987-2014).
- IACA: faculty member at the international conferences in Verona, Dublin, The Hague, and Sydney – “The Profession of Court Administration,” “Social Media and the Courts.” (2006 -2016)
- CTC-2015(Court Technology Conference-NCSC): Track Leader for the “The Judiciary in a Virtual, Mobile, Social World,” and presented sessions on “The Big Picture, Courts in a v2.0 World,” and “Courts are From Mars, Social Media are from Venus: the Judiciary’s Culture Clash.”
- Ukraine Rule of Law Project: Member of a team that developed and delivered human resources management curriculum and training to judges and court administrators, 2009.
- Russian-American Judicial Partnership: “Records Management,” at Pilot Courts Workshop, Sochi, 2005; “Roles & Responsibilities of Trial Court Administrators,” and “NACM & other Judicial Associations,” at conference of Russian Judicial Department staff, Moscow, Russian Federation, 1999.
- Albania, East-West Management Institute: Taught a series of seminars to judges and court staff on records & caseflow management, purposes of courts, and court performance standards, 2004.
- Arizona Courts Associationand OACA: Speaker at multiple conferences – “Situational Leadership,” “The Future of Technology and the Courts,” “Leadership Skills,” “Court Organization & Role as the Third Branch of Government,” “Bar-Code Technology in Jury Management,” “Fast-Track Calendaring, and “Records Management.” (1982-1996).
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law, International Court Administration Program: Adjunct faculty member, teaching online “Human Resources Management” course, 2008.
- Association of Washington State Court Administrators: “Social Media and the Ethical Court Employee,” 2011.
- S. District & Bankruptcy Courts, Western District of Washington: “Social Media in the Courts – Ethical Behavior for Court Employees,” 2015.
- Municipal Court Employees of New Mexico Conference: “Social Media in the Courts,” 2016
- Metropolitan Court of Bernalillo County, New Mexico Annual Training Conference: “Social Media in the Courts,” 2016.
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks (NCBC) Annual Conference: “Social Media in the Courts,” 2017.
- “Diversity, Inclusion, and the Courts” IACA Court Administrator (February, 2022) The Court Administrator (iaca.ws)
- Vantage Point, found on the Court Leader website at https://courtleader.net/category/vantage-point/
- One Leadership Size Does NOT Fit All, IACA The Court Administrator, vol. 4 – Fall 2018; http://www.iaca.ws/the-court-administrator.html
- Social Media and the Courts: Innovative Tools or Dangerous Fad? A Practical Guide for Court Administrators, IACA International Journal of Court Administration, (vol 6, no 1; 2014).
- Social Media and the Courts: Innovative Tools or Dangerous Fad? A Practical Guide for Court Administrators. International Journal for Court Administration. 6(1), pp.2–28. (2014) DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ijca.136
- Social Media and the Ethical Court Employee, The Court Manager (NACM’s Journal), vol 26 no 1, 2011; https://nacmnet.org/resources/publications/
- NACM Provides Leadership in Groundbreaking Russian Educational Conference, The Court Manager, vol 15 no 2, 2000.
- Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, University of New Mexico, 1976.
- Outstanding Achievement in International Court Administration Award, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2013.
- NACM Award of Merit – recognizing distinguished service and outstanding contributions to the profession of court administration, 2013.
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Norman Meyer
Court Administrator, Retired
Norman Meyer (Court Administrator, Retired) is an award winning, internationally recognized writer and speaker on judicial administration, with a lengthy career in both the state and federal U.S. courts. He has done extensive technical assistance work in the areas of technology, human resources and management, space and facilities design, and court operations.
