Zach Zarnow is the Deputy Managing Director of the Access to Justice team at the National Center for State Courts. Zach works on national initiatives and with courts around the country to help increase access to justice. This work takes many forms, including the intersection of technology and the courts, the use of improved communications and outreach, process design and improvement, and providing technical assistance and research.
At NCSC, Zach is the co-creator and a co-host of Tiny Chats—offering free, digestible and creative short-form educational videos on topics about access to justice. He was also instrumental in securing $11 million in funding to support the Eviction Diversion Initiative and in its design, staffs the CCJ/COSCA Policy Committee and has authored numerous reports and resources on access to justice topics, including several interactive tools.
Prior to joining NCSC, Zach was the Program Director at the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, where he ran the statewide grantmaking and program evaluation of legal aid organizations and was responsible for the development and management of the Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network.