The National Jury Trial Innovations Project (NJTIP) is a project of the Institute of the IADC Foundation and has been a special part of the IADC for the past several years. The primary purpose and goal of the NJTIP is quite simple: To implement innovations that make the jury trial a better place to teach and learn.

     The NJTIP remains alive and well and active throughout the United States. In recent months, IADC members have presented programs in numerous locations, including Ohio, Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, Vermont, New York, Maryland, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri and California. The audiences that have been reached include such diverse groups as the National Association of Women Judges; The University of Kansas Law School; The American College of Trial Lawyers; The National Association of Independent Insurers; and the New York State Commissioners of Jurors.

     Since 1998, more than 150 NJTIP programs have been presented by IADC members, to more than 10,000 attorneys, judges, law school students and business professionals. Feedback from every forum and the obvious benefits to the IADC have been overwhelmingly positive. The Project's team leaders and program presenters are not planning to rest on what has been accomplished to date but, instead, look forward to moving the NJTIP further into the forefront of jury trial innovations and change.