Philippines Judge Notes Court Automation Benefits

From the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative we learn about Judge Maria Filomena Singh of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court’s automation efforts.

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Verified e-communication: A need and a possible role for courts

There are many concerns about electronic communications identity. Is there a role for courts to help to address this problem?

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Apple's ‘iBeacon” Technology Potential for Courts

Last June at an Apple developer’s conference a new technology, "iBeacon" was quietly announced.

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This and That in Court Tech – February, 2014

Time for another edition of “This and That”.  In this post we note conference and training news, an important open source software release, and a computer maintenance program to keep you and your machine working.

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North Carolina Court Technology Said to be Outdated

In a hearing before the recently created North Carolina House Judicial Efficiency and Effective Administration of Justice committee, John W. Smith, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) noted the challenges that the courts are facing.

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Computer Monitors Are Changing - Let's Use Them

With apologies for not posting an article last week due to travel, we talk about BIG screens and user interfaces below.

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JTC Resource Bulletin: Strategic Issues to Consider before Starting an E-filing Initiative

The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) and the National Association for Court Management (NACM) recently published a resource bulletin on "Strategic Issues to Consider before Starting an E-filing Initiative."  This paper discusses some of the key policy, operational and technical issues to consider before embarking on an e-filing project.  It also includes feedback from interviews with several Court and IT managers who have graciously shared experiences and lessons learned from their own e-filing projects.

This and That in Court Technology – October, 2013

We have a few things that have come to our attention this month that we want to share.

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CTC-2013 Highlights

We share our highlights from CTC-2013 held last week in Baltimore, Maryland in this week’s post.

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All-in-one PC's Get Better

A quick roundup of our favorite solution for the judge's courtroom bench computer.

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Another Handy Standard – CMIS

Content Management Interoperability Services standard (CMIS) should be considered as part of your future document content planning

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This and That in Court Technology - April 2013

The court tech world has been busy this month, perhaps due to the late arrival of spring?

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More on Open Document Format (ODF)

ODF is an XML international standard for word processing documents that is now fully supported in Microsoft's recent release of Office 2013.  Why does this matter?

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CITOC Innovation Award Winner – Barbara Holmes

At the Court Information Technology Officers Consortium (CITOC) Annual Meeting held in December 2012 in Las Vegas, the first Innovation Award winner was announced.

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This and That in Court Technology – Groundhog Day 2013 Edition

Some news that we have picked up from the court tech world.  And for our international friends, here is a link to information about what Groundhog Day is and even better, the film.

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E-Courts 2012 Wrap-Up

I hope that many of your reading this post were able to attend last week’s E-Courts 2012 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  This article discusses some highlights.

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Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 6: Tasks, Events, and Workflow

This chapter in the court case management series discusses the concepts of tasks, events and workflow as key design elements.

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Court Case Management Systems 2012 Part 5: System Configurability and Adaptability

This installment in the court case management series discusses different overall approaches to system design.

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CITOC Announces Innovation Awards Competition

The Court Information Technology Officers Consortium (CITOC) is pleased to present the inaugural CITOC Innovation Awards.

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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.

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