University of Texas-Austin/Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
2001
Award Amount:
$259,189.00
Cost Share:
$72,846.00
Other Partners:
Tribunal Superior del Estado de Nuevo León; Consejo de la Judicatura del Estado de Nuevo León; Instituto de la Capacitación del Estado de Nuevo León
This partnership provided judicial training and promoted judicial professionalism at the state court level in the states of Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas and increased the capacity of the constitutionally created Judicial Training Institutes to contribute to Mexico’s development. Based on continued needs assessments, the partners determined that the primary need was not for strictly academic legal courses but for courses that address the role of judges in society and the daily professional challenges they face. As a result, the partners developed pilot modules covering the areas of judicial values and ethics, managing time and judicial records, new technologies in the courts, and mediation. These modules were delivered to 177 participants (85 women), including appellate court judges, lower court judges, law clerks, process servers, and judicial training institute directors. The Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey now has a formal working relationship with the Judicial Training Institute in Nuevo León, the State Judicial Advisory Council, and the University of Texas-Austin’s School of Law.