CourtTechBulletin

JUNE 9, 2022

Photo by mohamed hassan from PxHere Many of us have had the experience of checking in for flights or for hotel rooms. These experiences have changed quite a bit in recent years moving from in-person to your mobile. Looking ahead, what ideas might courts use from these systems? Read more ».

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JUNE 2, 2022

Courts everywhere should check out the Court Forms Online MassAccess project that was created and maintained by the Document Assembly Line Project at the Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation and Technology Lab in cooperation with the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission’s COVID-19 task force. But before we go further… the code tool sets are available online for free!

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CourtTechBulletin

MAY 24, 2022

Image use rights from PXhere.com [link] Our favorite fans of film noir , NCSC Tiny Chatters DanielHirsch and Zach Zarnow brought to our attention the virtual court counter , in the Michigan District Court 54B. Read more ».

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MAY 17, 2022

[link] A report on the results of “The Court Appearance Project” in North Carolina was released recently. “The Court Appearance Project launched in August of 2021 to support local North Carolina criminal justice system leaders committed to examining the scale and impact of missed court appearances in their communities and devising policy solutions to address them.

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 28, 2022

As we have been sifting through session proposals and ideas for how to make a great conference, we realized the conference theme is obvious: We have all been living The Great Shift. The Great Shift has so many facets: Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 21, 2022

From Microsoft Stock Images Over two decades ago our NCSC Jury Studies pioneer, Tom Munsterman, ran the WordPerfect word processor language level test against some jury instructions. He told me it reported that the reading level needed to understand the instructions were university graduate school. So, when an article identifying “ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read” was posted by MIT, I thought it was time to revisit the subject?

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 13, 2022

Thursday, April 14th, 2022 03:00 pm - 04:30 pm Join five leading NCSC experts for a 60-minute briefing that will distill recent NCSC research on remote hearings. Panelists will draw on new studies—from analyzing judicial time in Texas to considerations in child welfare cases to judicially led diversion programs—to summarize critical “aha!” moments about remote proceedings.

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APRIL 8, 2022

Tiny Chat fun is one subject this month This month’s compilation includes concerns about court order forgery, the IJIS symposium, a court on-demand training program, Tiny Chat on post-pandemic planning, Microsoft autopatch is coming, and the JTC seminar on cyber security, using two-way messaging to reduce FTA’s, and service expansion by Judicial Innovations.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Apple launches the first smartphone driver’s license/ID with Arizona Additional states to follow, including Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, and the territory of Puerto Rico Read more ».

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MARCH 16, 2022

When? March 28, 2022 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM EDT Unlike webinars, cyberattacks don’t happen on a schedule. That’s why you should carve out some time now to prepare for the unexpected. Join leaders from the Joint Technology Committee (JTC) for the second in a series of webinars that will get you ready should your court suffer a data breach or a ransomware attack.

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MARCH 9, 2022

From the US Federal Court News on March 8, 2022. “On March 3, the Clerk’s Office" for the Court of Appeals Federal Circuit in Washington DC was recognized for its innovation when it received an award and certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Government Division , an organization that objectively evaluates the quality of government operations.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 1, 2022

© 2007 Larry D. Moore. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 [link] A couple of weeks back we learned that retired Texas District Court Judge James Mehaffy, Jr. had passed away. I had the honor of knowing and working with the Judge and visiting his court in Beaumont, Texas. In the early 1990’s the NCSC had both the Court Technology Laboratory and Courtroom 21 projects running in Williamsburg.

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CourtTechBulletin

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Slow and steady wins the court tech race This post includes news about court text messaging in Colorado, a TurboCourt anniversary, nine justice reform programs to review, some free court subject public service announcements, a study on remote hearings costs and benefits, and innovations from the HiiL Demo Day 2022. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This webinar is set for Monday, February 28 - 3–4 p.m. EST Did you know that the average cost of recovery from a cybersecurity incident is close to $4 million? If your court has security staff and a magnetometer— but doesn’t have a cybersecurity incident response team—our Cyber Monday webinar series is for you! Join leaders from the Joint Technology Committee (JTC) for its first Cyber Monday webinar series on Feb. 28.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

[link] The Nevada Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), a judicial branch department that assists the Supreme Court of Nevada with the administration of the Nevada courts, invites submissions of offers for systems and services for a statewide cloud?based, COTS electronic filing system, a document access system, a redaction component, and a forms assembly solution (“eFiling system” or “Solution”).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This year's eCourts will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5-7 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. We are reaching out to the court community to identify session ideas that highlight progress and innovation and that will encourage teams of administrators, technologists, and judges to attend. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

As most of you already know much of the "big technology news" for the first part of 2022 has been the announcements around "the metaverse" While it is fun in many gaming situations, I think there is also a possibility of using it effectively in courtroom evidence presentations in the future. We discuss below how some versions might be useful in the courtroom.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Image by Brad Stallcup [link] This month we have news about Chromebook price drops, Trinidad and Tobago’s new court electronic practice directions, Illinois state courts new electronic device policy, a new ODR system provided by the Los Angeles County courts, the England and Wales judiciary taking a new data-driven strategy approach, an article on “How to Create Access-to-Justice Tech for Courts That People Will Actually Use” and the latest from our Tiny Chat team.

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CourtTechBulletin

JANUARY 20, 2022

Thanks to a tweet from attorney Mark C. Palmer we learned today about this Minnesota project that started last year. The project issued the following press release on May 3, 2021. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

JANUARY 11, 2022

When? Thursday, January 20, 3:00 pm ET Addressing the digital divide. Communicating scheduling changes. Providing legal information in layman’s terms on court websites. Managing the waiting room. Since the start of the pandemic, courts across the country have adapted their processes to allow for remote and virtual proceedings. Join us for the next discussion in a series of webinars focused on best practices for engaging with attorneys and self-represented litigants in remote and virtual hearin

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CourtTechBulletin

JANUARY 6, 2022

With news that jury trials are being delayed once again due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is useful to resurrect some early court technology used by the Erie County Common Pleas Court, General Division in Sandusky, Ohio from the '70s and later. The following is a report that my NCSC colleagues, Peggy A. Walsh and Kevin P. Kilpatrick, Staff Associate published as part of the Court Technology Reports, 1990 publication available in PDF in our Library eCollection here.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers. For reference, an earlier list was compiled by the legaltechdesign.com website in 2018 and posted at: [link] The following list was compiled December 13-15, 2021.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I stumbled across two outstanding articles on how to measure Access to Justice. The first article is a summary posted on Medium.com by Ms. Rachel Wang that analyzes the second by Mr. Hugh McDonald UC Irvine Law Review article titled “Assessing Access to Justice: How Much “Legal” Do People Need and How Can We Know? In short, why has it taken this long to ask the questions posed in these articles?

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Continuing the general theme of earlier CTB articles here , here , and here on using documents as the database for context, analysis, and data entry; we saw an article from Infoworld.com today that lists tools by AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Document AI that “can parse your unstructured documents and produce structured information for all kinds of digital transformation use cases”.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

From "not the usual ABA (American Bar Association)" the courts normally hear from, it is good to know that the Bankers are thinking about the criminal justice system. The American Bankers Association share via press release on November 10 2021 their new whitepaper. Read more ».

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Created by Yu luck, Noun Project By Konstantina Vagenas, NCSC At the onset of the pandemic, courts pivoted overnight to virtual hearings to comply with health and safety guidelines. Court interpreters were required to provide their services remotely via court-approved and licensed videoconferencing platforms. Among these, WebEx and Zoom were the most common.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Just kidding about the Bears. There have been a lot of training and information sessions posted online lately plus some court pandemic response training and ODR news. Check it out below. Read more ».

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Nevada Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), a judicial branch department that assists the Supreme Court of Nevada with the administration of the Nevada courts, invites submissions of offers for up-to-three AOC-sponsored, integrated, comprehensive, case management system(s) (CMS) and associated implementation services in compliance with the requirements and terms set forth in this RFP.

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Via press release from the IJIS Institute: Over the past several years, our society has seen an influx of advanced technology solutions that have made available a tsunami of structured and unstructured data about our lives, our public safety, and our disputes. As a result, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense counsels, the private bar, and the courts are all faced with an abundant amount of data (both relevant and irrelevant) for investigations, discovery, and court cases.

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Fall leaves via [link] In this months post, we share news and notes from Tiny Chat on Text Messaging, a very nice online forms website from Washington state, news regarding a new US federal judiciary vulnerability policy, news of good work being done by the District Court in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, practical information on PDF file formats from the US Library of Congress, and a last-minute call for participation in the annual Trends in State Courts report.

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan (IPHC) , together with several other legal organizations, annually holds their Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property (JSIP). This year, JSIP 2021 will be held online from October 20 through 22(JST). More below… Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Continuing with our practical advice October. Courts create a lot of document files. Some of those files get uploaded, saved, and organized in the court's case management or electronic document management systems. And some courts use tools like SharePoint. But even these tools can benefit from a consistent useful file naming standard. I looked online and found two excellent pages on the subject.

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A recent Law.com article noted the wider adoption of e-signatures by lawyers (you know, our court users). But what is the historic basis for this? Signet rings. We discuss this below. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

OCTOBER 1, 2021

John Gustafson & Jim McMillan at CTC2021 We are happy to share the winner of the CTC McMillan Scholarship, John Gustafson, Data Quality Manager, First Judicial Circuit of Florida. I was happy to meet John at the conference and learn more about his great work for the court. His award winning ubmission follows. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

[link] As has happened many times in the past I was prompted by the most recent NCSC Tiny Chat on the Hawai’i Online Dispute Resolution system that preparing notes on one’s legal issue in dispute could be useful? That got me to look at what web-based notes applications are available? There are a lot! Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Exhibitors and sponsors are a fundamental part of the CTC experience. There are dozens of booths in the exhibit hall. One can plan your in-person visit with our online exhibit hall map so you don’t miss anything. Online attendees will be able to reach out to exhibitors via our NCSC app during the conference. It is recommended that you download and install (or update) the app prior to the conference starting on September 28 th so you don’t miss anything.

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CourtTechBulletin

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

September means “back to school” days. Learning for my court tech friends includes CourtStack CMS training, the upcoming LegalXML Electronic Court Filing (ECF) face to face meeting at CTC 2021, planning for new Microsoft Teams capabilities, and Ontario’s new legal innovation regulatory sandbox project. Read more ».

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