Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Problem-Solving Courts: Do They Create Judicial Independence Problems or Opportunities or Both?

Authors

Michael R. McAdam, Kansas City (Mo.) Municipal Court
Kevin S. Burke, Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mary Campbell McQueen, National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Virginia

Date of this Version

December 2005

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, 41:3-4 (2005), pp. 28-35. Copyright © 2005 National Center for State Courts. Used by permission. Online at http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/htdocs/publications.htm.

Abstract

The third panel discussion at the National Forum on Judicial Independence explores the tension between setting up specialized, problem-solving courts and maintaining judicial independence for the judges assigned to such courts. The discussion was led by then-AJA president Michael R. McAdam, a judge on the Kansas City (Mo.) Municipal Court. Panelists were Kevin S. Burke, a district judge and past chief judge of the Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court, and Mary Campbell McQueen, president of the National Center for State Courts. The National Forum on Judicial Independence was supported by a generous grant from the Joyce Foundation of Chicago, Illinois.