Emily LaGratta
A national consultant in procedural justice, trust-building, court-user feedback, and practitioner training. She leads LaGratta Consulting and has developed widely used tools and studies for courts and justice-system organizations.
Procedural fairness in practice
Making fairness visible, measurable, and durable.
The Procedural Justice Hub gathers practical tools, research updates, and implementation resources for courts and justice-system professionals working to strengthen public trust and legitimacy through fair process.
Founding Team · Procedural Justice Hub
Led by three long-standing procedural-justice practitioners.
Judge Kevin Burke
A Minnesota Senior Judge and nationally recognized leader in judicial administration, procedural fairness, problem-solving courts, and court reform.
Steve Leben
A former Kansas trial and appellate judge and current UMKC law professor whose scholarship and judicial education work focus on procedural justice, appellate practice, statutory interpretation, and judicial ethics.
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Current Hub materials
Q2 2026: AI, Voice, and Trustworthy Court Process
A fully sourced update on AI-assisted review, self-representation, human accountability, community voice, and fair court process.
Fairness Challenge Pilot National Report
Emily LaGratta’s March 2026 report on judicial training, peer observation, and litigant feedback across four pilot sites.
Intellectual Humility by Design
Bench prompts and related court tools adapted from the appendix to Steve Leben’s June 2026 Arkansas Law Review article.
Why this Hub exists
Procedural justice research has produced a deep body of evidence and practical tools, but practitioners still need a clear, credible, easy-to-use home for bench skills, scripts, observation instruments, case studies, research updates, and implementation guidance. This interim site is a first step toward a larger national clearinghouse. A more extensive website hub is under development now.