On November 21, 2023, the USAID Rule of Law Program held a lecture on People-Centered Justice (PCJ) and Court-Community Engagement, which was attended by 35 students and academic staff from the Batumi Branch of Grigol Robakidze University.

Amiran Meskhishvili, of the Batumi Branch of Grigol Robakidze University   opened the event. Dr. Tim Bunjevac, Community Engagement Advisor for the USAID Rule of Law Program gave the lecture. He shared global court-community engagement practices and introduced the principles of PCJ.  He exposed participants to successful examples of court outreach initiatives, which foster public trust in the judicial system.

Dr. Bunjevac delved into the concept of PCJ, examining relevant theories and design approaches, and discussed strategies for enhancing courts' interaction with diverse court communities.

He explored distinctions between traditional and problem-solving courts, the five levers of Human-Centered Design in the courts, potential avenues for extending court-community engagement beyond courthouse boundaries, examples of court-community surveys, the roles and functions of court-community advisory boards, and opportunities for involving various external stakeholders in supporting court-community engagement.