The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI)

The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI) is a research centre of Faculty of Law based at the Monash University Law Chambers (MULC), 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

The ACCJSI supports an overarching Australian approach in respect of research and evaluation into the important fields of court administration, operation, innovation, non-adversarial justice and alternative dispute resolution (including negotiation, partnering and dispute management).

The ACCJSI engages in three core streams of activity:

• Research to provide the intellectual underpinnings for increased court efficiency and effectiveness, support improved governance, the continued development and implementation of court innovations and the adoption of non-adversarial justice and ADR approaches.
  
• Research consultancy in the areas of program design, piloting, monitoring and evaluation of court innovations and non-adversarial justice and ADR approaches.
  
• Education and training involving the delivery to law students, legal practitioners, court and justice system administrators, judicial staff and to allied professionals to achieve innovations in the court system, and non-adversarial justice and ADR concepts and practice.

The national nature of the Centre with its links into policy, judicial and broader frameworks as well as links to international centres ensures that the research and evaluation framework is informed and useful.

The ACCJSI has a strong focus on non-adversarial justice research.