Monday, September 24, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
This and That in Court Tech – September, 2012
News from and about the NCSC, Virginia Electronic Notary Statute, IJIS Institute, E-Paper, the Legal Information Institute, and the Canadian Forum on Court Technology.
Friday, September 14, 2012
All-in-One Desktop PC’s and Virtualization in the Courtroom
Articles on All-in-One computers often used as part of the judge’s electronic bench and virtual desktop software in the courtroom are discussed.
American Probation and Parole Association Issues Procurement Guide
APPA has issued a procurement guide for automated case management systems that provides structure and advise that the courts can use as well.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The Last Mile - Tyler “Judge Edition” Report
One of the leading commercial court automation companies, Tyler Technologies reports on their “SessionWorks Judge Edition” program.
Courtesy of the Oregon eCourt The QUARTERLY newsletter |
Friday, August 31, 2012
A Lot of This and That in Court Tech – End of August, 2012
There is a lot of court tech news including the E-Courts 2012 program, US Federal Courts revise jury instructions regarding social media, Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery manual, E-Notarization in Virginia, location based verification, another court website hacked, two good articles from IJCA Journal, and an award for a CMS in the Catalonia, Spain courts.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Microsoft and Open Document Format (ODF) and Why You Should Care
Electronic document formats matter for courts. This article
discusses a recent Microsoft announcement.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 3: The Court Organization, Users, and Roles
Court Case Management Systems must have the ability to define and capture the court’s organizational structure and user work roles in the basic design.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Canadian Court Tech Forum 2012 and CLCT Court Audio Visual Certification Training Announced
Two court technology events are announced.
Monday, August 6, 2012
This and That in Court Tech – August, 2012
News about US Federal Court Cameras Pilot, CITOC E-Filing Webinar, Why Jurors Go Online, Courts and Big Data, and some resources for planning for Microsoft Windows 8
Thursday, August 2, 2012
NJ Governor vetoes bill to help pay for court technology & indigent defense; becomes 2nd state governor to veto court technology bills this year
Cross-posted to Gavel to Gavel
Earlier this week NJ Governor Chris Christie's veto of AB 763, a bill that would among other things raise various court fees to help pay for court technology, was delivered to the Assembly. The governor's veto occurred in late June but wasn't filed until July 30. The bill, as approved by the legislature, is similar to one vetoed by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley earlier this year and later overridden.
AB 763 provides the Supreme Court may, subject to limitations provided in the bill, adopt Rules of Court to revise or supplement filing fees and other statutory fees payable to the court for the sole purpose of funding: (1) the development, maintenance, and administration of a “Statewide digital e-court information system,” that incorporates electronic filing, service of process, document and case management, financial management, and public access to digital court records; and (2) Legal Services of New Jersey.
The veto now goes back to the Assembly. Its prospects are unclear: the original version passed the Assembly on March 2012 on a 64-14 vote. The Senate passed its version 24-11, shy of the 27 votes needed to override. The Assembly then re-passed the Senate amended version, but on a 48-30 vote; it would have 52 votes in the Assembly to override.
Earlier this week NJ Governor Chris Christie's veto of AB 763, a bill that would among other things raise various court fees to help pay for court technology, was delivered to the Assembly. The governor's veto occurred in late June but wasn't filed until July 30. The bill, as approved by the legislature, is similar to one vetoed by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley earlier this year and later overridden.
AB 763 provides the Supreme Court may, subject to limitations provided in the bill, adopt Rules of Court to revise or supplement filing fees and other statutory fees payable to the court for the sole purpose of funding: (1) the development, maintenance, and administration of a “Statewide digital e-court information system,” that incorporates electronic filing, service of process, document and case management, financial management, and public access to digital court records; and (2) Legal Services of New Jersey.
The veto now goes back to the Assembly. Its prospects are unclear: the original version passed the Assembly on March 2012 on a 64-14 vote. The Senate passed its version 24-11, shy of the 27 votes needed to override. The Assembly then re-passed the Senate amended version, but on a 48-30 vote; it would have 52 votes in the Assembly to override.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
State Court Case Management System Acquisition Strategies
By Tom C. Clarke, National Center for State Courts
It is a truism of American courts that no state is exactly like another. This is one of many reasons why state court systems have a difficult time comparing themselves to ostensible peer states. Publications like NCSC’s State Court Organization try to compare apples to apples along multiple dimensions, but it remains a mostly intractable problem.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 2: Does it help you do your work?
The second in a series of articles on court case management systems.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Video: Texas State Court Administrator testifies before House committee on e-filing in the state
Cross-posted at Gavel to Gavel
At this point, at least some courts in nearly every U.S. state have some form of e-filing of court documents (details can be found at the National Center for State Court's e-filing Resource Guide), including Texas. That state's system was the subject of an interim meeting of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence.
At this point, at least some courts in nearly every U.S. state have some form of e-filing of court documents (details can be found at the National Center for State Court's e-filing Resource Guide), including Texas. That state's system was the subject of an interim meeting of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence.
Monday, July 16, 2012
More on PDF
The PDF document file format is confusing to many because it can do so much. This post provides a list of resources that may help.
Monday, July 9, 2012
The "Flavors" of PDF
PDF has many different capabilities that can be confusing. This article explains some of them.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
This and That in Court Tech - July 2012
E-courts education program, Canadian court tech conference, SJI assists Minnesota self-represented E-filing, mandatory E-filing in Utah and Florida, and Pennsylvania tweets court rules.
Monday, June 25, 2012
South Carolina legislature overrides governor, allows CJ to set e-filing fees to pay for court technology
Cross-posted at Gavel to Gavel
I mentioned two weeks ago the e-filing fees situation in South Carolina. In sum, the legislature unanimously adopted HB 4821, which would have allowed the state's chief justice to set an e-filing fee to pay for court technology
I mentioned two weeks ago the e-filing fees situation in South Carolina. In sum, the legislature unanimously adopted HB 4821, which would have allowed the state's chief justice to set an e-filing fee to pay for court technology
for filing court documents by electronic means from an integrated electronic filing (e-filing) system owned and operated by the South Carolina Judicial Department in an amount set by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and all fees must be remitted to the South Carolina Judicial Department to be dedicated to the support of court technologyDespite the legislature's unanimity, the governor vetoed the bill, arguing no "branch of government should be provided with such comprehensive, unilateral authority to impose fees without regulatory or other comparable review." The South Carolina legislature has now voted to override the governor's veto: 93-14 in the House and 39-3 in the Senate.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Michigan legislature set to officially kill off its cyber court?
Cross-posted at Gavel to Gavel
Back in 2001 amid another recession, Michigan's legislature made an attempt to address the issue of technology-related litigation by authorizing the creation of a "Cyber Court", the purpose of which was (MCL 600.8001(2)) to:
Back in 2001 amid another recession, Michigan's legislature made an attempt to address the issue of technology-related litigation by authorizing the creation of a "Cyber Court", the purpose of which was (MCL 600.8001(2)) to:
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 1: It’s About Change
It’s all about change. The technology has changed. The expectations have changed. Therefore, court case management has changed.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Third Annual Social Media and Courts Survey
The NCSC announced the third annual social media and the courts survey.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Court Case Management 2012
Some of my colleagues and I are planning on writing a series of articles on Court Case Management Systems over the next year (or two).
Friday, June 1, 2012
Courts Go Mobile
Recently I've been looking at various court's efforts to provide information via mobile devices (Smart Phones and Pad/Tablet Computers) and there is some very nice work out there.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
More This and That in Court Tech - May 2012
We have more court technology news to share for the month of May, 2012. Notes include a radio interview for a CMS upgrade in Ohio, a Washington state courts report, podcasts from the Center for Court Innovation, NIEM Technical Training course announcement, and the LexUM Decisia cloud service.
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