Office of Research and Justice Statistics

Mission

The mission of the Office of Research and Justice Statistics is to support the Arkansas Judiciary,  employees of the judicial branch, attorneys, and members of the public with relevant and accessible data to improve the court system's efficiency, accessibility, and fairness to all. The ORJS works to improve data quality, produces the Arkansas State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting, provides data reports to local courts, responds to data requests, works with researchers using court data, and serves as the liaison with the National Center for State Court's Court Statistics Project.