Friday, April 19, 2013

Court Case Management Systems Part 9A: Scheduling and Calendaring


This edition of our Court Case Management Systems series will discuss court scheduling and calendaring.  This first part will focus on core functionality while in the next, we will discuss what needs to be done to have scheduling and calendaring systems take advantage of existing and future technology.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

NIEM 3.0 Alpha 2 Draft Open Public Review Announced


The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) working groups have announced a public review of their latest draft standard.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Virginia Courts Announce E-Filing Pilot


Press Release - April 10, 2013

The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia and George E. Schaefer, Clerk of the Norfolk Circuit Court, announce that the Virginia Judiciary E-Filing System (VJEFS), which allows attorneys to electronically file civil actions in circuit court, will be implemented as a pilot program in the Norfolk Circuit Court, beginning April 15, 2013.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

Q&A with Daniel Lewis of Ravel Law


There are many exciting things happening in the world of legal information systems.  One innovative graphical presentation approach has been taken by Ravel.  We were recently fortunate to have Daniel respond to our questions in the following article.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

2013 Top Ten Websites Award - Call for Nominations!


The Forum on the Advancement of Court Technology (FACT), a special committee of NACM, is pleased to invite you to nominate a court or court-related website for its 2013 Top Ten Websites Award. All nominations are due no later than May 15 to be considered.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Hello, are you a human?


As courts increasingly introduce online services a key question is whether the Internet connected user is an actual person to validate the action?

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Court Case Management Systems Part 8: Criminal Case Sentencing and Consequences

Criminal sentence data is one of the most challenging aspects in Court Case Management Systems design.  This chapter in our ongoing series forwards some ideas on the subject.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013