Marla Randall of Pinetop-Lakeside, court administrator with the Navajo County Courts in Holbrook, became a Fellow of the Institute for Court Management (ICM), having successfully completed the rigorous requirements of ICM’s Fellows Masters Program. Randall and 18 other court professionals from around the United States took part in graduation ceremonies conducted recently at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Honorable Michael G. Heavican, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska and president of the Conference of Chief Justices, welcomed and addressed the graduates. The ICM Fellows Program is the only program of its kind in the United States. This professional program was established more than 44 years ago, in part, by Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger in his call for improving the management of state court administration. The intensive four-phase educational program better prepares court professionals for management and leadership positions. Since the first class of graduates in 1970, more than 1,200 court professionals in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and 12 foreign countries have become Fellows. As court administrator in Navajo County, Randall serves six Justice Courts, four divisions of Superior Court, Probation, Pretrial Services and CASA. She directly and indirectly supervises more than 45 employees and department heads. She has served in that capacity for the last 12 years and has been with Navajo County Court system for more than 23 years. Becoming an ICM Fellow is a process of continual professional development that includes four steps. The first step for a candidate is to achieve Certified Court Manager status through successful completion of six in-depth courses: court performance standards, caseflow management, human resources, fiscal management, technology management, and purposes and responsibilities of courts. The second step is to achieve Certified Court Executive status through completion of six additional courses, including: court community communication; education, training and development; essential components; high performance courts framework; leadership; and visioning and strategic planning. Students must also complete the Distance Learning Phase, an online component that prepares participants for the work necessary to complete the Court Project Phase. The third step is completion of the Court Project Phase which entails a court research and improvement project. Participants must design and complete an independent master’s-level research project that relates to evaluating and implementing a key court activity in their home jurisdiction. The fourth step and the culmination of this professional development process is the Presentation Phase. Participants must demonstrate their leadership skills by developing and clearly articulating the results of their findings and recommendations before a respected panel and their classmates. The National Center for State Courts, founded by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in 1971, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice by providing leadership, research, technology, education and training to the state courts.