State Public Defender Uses Videoconferencing to Reduce Costs and Improve Services
August 16, 2011 by Editor
Videoconferencing equipment was installed at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle in partnership with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) and the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT). The equipment resembles a pay phone and is designed specifically for correctional use. It features a video screen and camera (similar to a web cam) [...]
Spanish Language DVD Available for Juvenile Judges
June 16, 2010 by Editor
Attention Juvenile Judges:
By now you should have received the Spanish Initial Hearing-Juvenile Delinquency DVD.
The DVD is the latest undertaking by the Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness and you can begin utilizing the DVD right away in your court. The Commission is grateful for the partnerships of the Indiana Judicial Conference Juvenile [...]
Marshall County Courts Launch State-of-the-Art Video Teleconferencing Technology
June 16, 2010 by Editor
Under the leadership of Marshall Superior Court #2 Judge Dean A. Colvin and with the support and cooperation of the Marshall County Sheriff Jon VanVactor, the County Commissioners, the County Council, the IT Department, Marshall Circuit Court Judge Curtis D. Palmer and Marshall Superior Court #1 Judge Robert O. Bowen, Marshall County launched its new [...]
Revisiting the Vision
February 28, 2010 by Editor
The state of Indiana trial court technology ten years after JTAC’s founding and a reminder about how we got here in the first place—
Two years into the deployment of Indiana’s uniform statewide Odyssey case management system (CMS), 51 courts in 19 counties are up and running, managing more than 22% of the state’s caseload. Now, [...]
Supreme Court Website Helps Courts Manage Self-Represented Litigants
December 31, 2009 by Editor
Almost every trial judge knows that there is a growing number of litigants who represent themselves in court, either by choice or because they cannot afford to hire attorneys. In 2008, more than 400,000 people represented themselves in Indiana trial courts. Those individuals may go to court without the benefit of an attorney, but that [...]
ADR Questions: New Supreme Court Video Provides Answers
December 31, 2009 by Editor
Child custody and support issues associated with divorce and paternity cases almost always generate emotional upheaval. The traditional adversarial court process far too often only serves to fan the flames of these emotions by focusing on one party emerging as the “winner.” Judicial officers who work in these areas know that separating families into winners [...]
Think B4 U Drive
October 31, 2009 by Editor
When Steuben Circuit Court Judge Allen N. Wheat decided to add movie producing to his Resume’ he gathered a cast from the community and enlisted the Ball State University Communications Department to provide the film–making expertise. The final work product is the movie “Think B4 U Drive.”
It is not a movie about the evils of [...]
Lake County Juvenile Justice
August 31, 2009 by Editor
The investigative series “Lake County Juvenile Justice” premiered on Saturday, July 4, 2009 on MSNBC. In July 2008, the Indiana Supreme Court announced it was once again allowing documentary filmmaker Karen Grau to have access to the Lake County juvenile court.
Grau describes the series as a program that “explores where juvenile crime begins, how it [...]
Self Help Video for Litigants Without Lawyers
October 31, 2008 by Editor
The future of your family life is at risk. A considerable portion of your wealth is up for grabs. You are in a completely unfamiliar arena where your fate will be decided by people you don’t know and who know nothing about you.
That’s the scenario faced by many citizens who go into court on a [...]
