Jeffrey A. Apperson

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Mr. Apperson is currently the Vice President for International Relations at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), an organization that has the mission to improve judicial administration in the courts of the United States and courts throughout the world. He has taught courses on case management, strategic planning, and systems management in approximately 20 countries.  During Mr. Apperson’s tenure with NCSC his duties included, among other things, the following Judicial Governance activities as well as his experience with Judicial Conference Committees of the United States:

1. Assisted in development of Strategic Plan for Ministry of Justice for establishment of new Judicial Council for Mongolia. Recently worked with new councils on training plan for court managers and new judge training. Oversaw court assessment project in Iraq. 
2. Collaborated with the National Judicial Council of Brazil to establish restorative justice and court management capacity programs.
3. Supported National Judicial Council of Nigeria’s national case management project.
4. Introduced court management reform policy proposals to the Plenary Council of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 
5. Addressed Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan at annual Judicial Conference on court governance and court management.
6. Served Judicial Conference of U.S. as member of advisory committees on budget, technology, finance, Multi District Litigation and case management.
7. Have met with members of Judicial Councils of Philippines, Kenya, Bulgaria and South Africa, Honduras, Argentina, Mexico, regarding court management improvement. 
8. Oversaw finance and budget transition reorganization report for Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago. 
9. Served on the formational Expert Workgroup for the UNODC Global Judicial Integrity project.
10. Served on UNDP Istanbul Principles Expert Workgroup on Transparency and Public Trust.
11. Officiated Ceremony for UNICTY legacy recognition at the International Court of Justice. 

Mr. Apperson co-founded and has served as president and CEO of the International Association for Court Administration (IACA) and helped establish the International Journal for Court Administration. Mr. Apperson is currently Chairman of the International Institute for Court Excellence in The Hague. Mr. Apperson served as a Clerk of Court for U.S. Courts and Attorney Advisor to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts for 27 years and served as Chief of Court Management for ICTY in 2006. He has recently served as an advisor for the merger of ICTY and ICTR case management systems. Mr. Apperson also served as president of the Federal Court Clerks Association and National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar of the United States.