In our debut episode, we cover Washington's Therapeutic Court Month, including a recent proclamation from the governor, the launch of Washington's Therapeutic Court Alumni Association, a new tool meant to assess racial and ethnic disparities in therapeutic courts and Washington representation at a national conference for treatment and therapeutic court professionals.

In our July episode host Patric Haerle interviews Tonia McClanahan, co-chair of the Family Reunification Day Steering Committee. Tonia talks about the parental experience within the dependency process, the importance of reunification, events being held this summer celebrating family reunification, and what makes them successful.

In our August episode, host Patric Haerle deep dives into Washington's Courthouse Facilitator Program, featuring an interview with Becky Turbyfill, a courthouse facilitator for Kitsap county, and AOC's own Kayley Carrillo, a court program analyst for Washington's Courthouse Facilitator Program. Listen as they discuss the role of facilitators in Washington courts, the distinction between procedural guidance and legal advice, different facilitator programs around the state, and the most rewarding part of being a courthouse facilitator.

In our September episode, host Patric Haerle discusses the Board for Judicial Administration with BJA Co-chair and Pierce County Superior Court Judge Alicia Burton. Topics of conversation include the BJA's role within Washington's court system, the process through which the BJA develops court policy, differences between the BJA and other judicial associations, and the current goals and priorities for the Board.

In this edition, host Patric Haerle interviews Pierce County Superior Court Administrator Chris Gaddis to learn about Pierce County's recently launched Juror Pay Pilot Project. Afterwards, Patric talks with AOC's own Laurie Louise Sale, Project Manager for the Pay Pilot to learn about AOC's partnership with Pierce County.

Topics of conversation for this episode include the background of the Pay Pilot, the benefit increased juror pay would provide to the justice system, what a successful pilot would look like, and the importance of jury diversity.

In this episode, we have Artificial Intelligence on the brain, as host Patric Haerle sits down to discuss AI ‑ and its potential impacts on the legal system ‑ with two judges from the Washington Data Science and AI Cohort. Highlights from the episode include Judge Ketu Shah's explanation on the potential benefits of AI to the courts and those in the legal professions at 11:30 mark in the recording, and Judge Lisa Mansfield's introductions to potential risks it could pose, and the intersection of AI and racial justice starting at 15:40.

Washington Courts Report is back! In this special episode, Patric returns from a hiatus to cover the recent State of the Judiciary publication and address from recently elected Chief Justice Debra Stephens. Topics covered include building courts of the future, Yakima's Courthouse Clinic, AOC's work with therapeutic courts, the Pierce County Juror Pay Pilot, the important work of the Blake Refund Bureau and a brief mention of our next podcast topic coming later in February, on the launch of the state's Hope Card program.

For this edition, Patric interviewed program analyst for the AOC, Lauren Pilnick, and Survivor Advocate, Jamie Sullivan, on their role they've played in the launch of the state's Hope Card program, which went on January 1st of this year.

Highlights include the first statistics from the programs first 6 weeks of being live, the importance of this bill to survivors and holders of protection orders, and journey the program took from a single advocate's idea in 2023, all the way to the presentation of the first Hope Card to Sullivan this year.

For our March episode of Washington Courts Report, host Patric Haerle interviewed the AOC's own Chris Stanley, the Chief Financial and Management Officer for the AOC, and Robin Zimmermann, the Blake External Relations Liaison on the important work of the Blake Refund Bureau.

Highlights of the episode include the history of the Refund Bureau, a clip from a Blake-impacted Individual on how having their record vacated has helped them, insight into how much money has been refunded to Blake-impacted individuals and how much is still slated for distribution.

In this edition, host Patric Haerle interviews one of the recipients of the 2024 Innovating Justice Awards, Dom Hardeman, Pierce County District Court's Probation Manager, on Pierce County's one-of-a-kind Pathways to Progress Program. The program, which was created by Hardeman, has helped hundreds of justice-impacted individuals by connecting them to essential services for recovery and reintegration, such as behavioral health services, employment connections and training, and housing services.

Topics of conversation for this episode include the creation of Pathways to Progress, how the program is innovating justice in Pierce County, and what motivates Hardeman to go above and beyond in his working serving Pierce County.