COSCA has developed the following policy papers over the course of the last 15 years.

• Mental Illness
  Decriminalization of Mental Illness: Fixing a Broken System (2016-2017) 
• Fines and Fees
  The End of Debtors’ Prisons: Effective Court Policies for Successful Compliance with Legal Financial Obligations (2015-2016)

  Court Records
  To Protect and Preserve: Standards for Maintaining and Managing 21st Century Court Records (2012-2013)
• Pretrial Release
  Evidence-Based Pretrial Release (2012)
• Fines and Fees
  Courts are Not Revenue Centers (2011)  
• Guardianships and Conservatorships
  The Demographic Imperative: Guardianships and Conservatorships (2010)
• Court Records
  Digital Recording: Changing Times for Making the Record (2009)
• Court Administration
  Four Essential Elements Required to Deliver Justice in Limited Jurisdiction Courts in the 21st Century (2013-2014)
  Promoting a Culture of Accountability and Transparency: Court System Performance Measures (2008) 
• Access to Justice
  White Paper on Court Interpretation: Fundamental to Access to Justice (2007)
• Emergency Preparedness
  Emergency Preparedness in the State Courts (2006)
• Technology
  The Emergence of E-Everything (2005)
  CCJ/COSCA Resolution (2004)
• Domestic Violence
  Safety and Accountability: State Courts and Domestic Violence (2004)
• Budgets and Financial Administration
  State Judicial Branch Budgets in Times of Fiscal Crisis (2003)
• Case Management
  Effective Management of Family Law Cases (2002)
• Information Sharing
  Court Leadership in Justice Information Sharing (2002)
  CCJ/COSCA Task Force Report (2001)
• Court Administration
  Effective Judicial Governance and Accountability (2001)
• Racial and Ethnic Fairness:
  State Courts' Responsibility to Address Issues of Racial and Ethnic Fairness (2001)
  CCJ/COSCA Resolution (2000)
• Public Records
  Access to Court Records (2000)
• Self Representation
  Self-Represented Litigation (2000)
• Problem Solving
  Problem-Solving Courts in the 21^st Century (2015)
  Position Paper on Problem-Solving Courts (1999)
• Executive Summary
  State Judicial Branch Budgets in Times of Fiscal Crisis