Category:State court administration news
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- A dozen Massachusetts courts may close
- A locked courtroom still deemed a public trial
- A Miracle in Sussex County
- All merit selection system extended for another year in Rhode Island
- Another Mississippi county to try online filing system
- Applications available for 107th Indiana Supreme Court Justice
- Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court receives award
- Atlanta Mayor and City Council differ on municipal judge numbers
- Attorneys suspened by Nevada Supreme Court
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- Bankrupt Central Falls pays more than $1 million in legal fees since declaring insolvency
- Baton Rouge court ruling enforces fees on criminal defendants
- Bill to change judicial selection process passes Senate
- Bill to expand size of high court dies in Arizona
- Bill to raise judge's pay receives criticism
- Bills to eliminate 36 judgeships head to Gov. Snyder
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- California Administration Office of the Courts gets new director
- California bill drives wedge in judiciary
- California Chief Justice appoints judges to Judicial Council
- California Judicial Council to consider new fees in trial courts
- California Legislature commends African-American justices
- Canyon County to hire attorney to help with civil cases
- Carley will serve as Chief Justice of Georgia Supreme Court
- Chancellor Strine profiled by the Globe and Mail
- Changes to Pinal County selection coming in 2013
- Chicago criminal court building to be named after 99-year-old judge
- Chief Judge in North Carolina elected to national organization
- Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye addresses Sacramento area legal community
- Chief Justice Hunstein delivers State of the Judiciary
- Chief Justice succession controversy in Louisiana now includes lawsuit
- Chief Justice Toal Delivers SC State of the Judiciary Address
- City attorney appointed in Denver
- Clark County Circuit Court becomes latest switch to new system
- Colorado lawyers lauded for pro bono work
- Commission rates efficiency of Orleans Parish judges
- Commission recommends ways to cut New Hampshire judicial budget
- Conference on 'Criminal Justice in the Digital Age'
- Connecticut courts seeking public opinion on rules
- Connecticut Judicial Branch hiring magistrates
- Connecticut plans to improve judge reviews
- Court of Chancery announces administrative updates
- Criminal cases go online in Mississippi
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- DC Safe Surrender program gives felons a chance to turn themselves in
- Delaware County Circuit Court judges release new 'social networking policy'
- Delaware couples ring in the new year with civil unions
- Despite a balanced 2013 court budget, Alabama Supreme Court Chief warns budget battle not over
- Dixon appointed new Kansas Judicial Administrator
- Drug-free in Mississippi
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- Federal judge rules in favor of Johnson for chief justice
- Fifth Circuit Family Court innovates to avoid lengthy divorce trials
- Financial discrepancies discovered in Michigan district court, judge placed on leave
- Five appointed to Florida's Fifth Circuit Nominating Commission
- Flooding closes Ward County Courthouse
- Florida 20th Judicial Circuit Court accepting applications for vacancy
- Florida courts to silence "tweeting" jurors
- Florida judicial salaries comfortably in the middle
- Former Iowa Supreme Court justices receive JFK Profile in Courage award
- Former mayor to lead Massachusetts Supreme Court
- Former Rhode Island judge will have to pay for his own vanity plate
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- Georgia legislature rewrites trial rules
- Gov. Perdue names members to new commission
- Governor Criticizes Judicial-Selection Process
- Governor Daugaard to interview four finalists for Supreme Court vacancy
- Governor proposes 30% cut in Connecticut state agencies
- Governor Scott appoints two to nominating commission
- Governor signs Illinois Judicial Privacy Act
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- Hartis steps down as Chief Magistrate Judge for Kershaw County
- Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission decides to release names
- Hawaii mass mails potential jurors
- Hawaii Supreme Court will select member of Reapportionment Commission
- Hearing date set on proposed changes to the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct
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- Idaho ranks last in number of female judges
- Illinois institutes mandatory evaluations for judges
- Illinois State Bar Association gives thumbs up to cameras in court
- Illinois Supreme Court pushes for greater access to justice
- Indiana Chief Justice says courts will stay away from legislative standoff
- Indiana committee to study decriminalization of marijuana
- Indiana forms group to assess civic engagement
- Indiana judge sends message to those avoiding jury duty
- Indiana moves to online training for court employees
- Indiana Supreme Court names agency directors
- Indiana Supreme Court seeks advice about senior judge program
- Iowa Governor signs bill dealing with judicial appointments into law
- Iowa House nixes proposed judicial nomination amendment
- Iowa Supreme Court Chief testifies before U.S. Congress on cameras in the courtroom
- It's a long shot, but...FL Supreme Court asks for more judges
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- Joe Biden reports for jury duty in Delaware
- Joe Biden speaks before lawyers & judges
- Judge Cuts Public Records Cost
- Judge Donnelly appointed chair of commission
- Judge pulls double duty as Michigan judgeships are eliminated
- Judge Samuel T. Powell, III on to Retirement
- Judge Shackley Raffetto receives award for exceptional judicial competence
- Judges appointed to California Judicial Council
- Judges elected to Board of Governors for the Ohio State Bar Association
- Judges in Indiana county await changes to judicial selection method
- Judicial leaders seek security for Justice of the Peace courts
- Judicial Nominating Commission considers changes to judicial applications
- Judicial Nominating Commission forwards five names to Governor Chafee
- Judicial salaries plateau in New Mexico
- Justice delayed in Massachusetts
- Justice Holland has book published in Taiwan
- Justice Michael Cherry becomes Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice
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- Kansas considers judicial "musical chairs" as study finds some courts understaffed
- Kansas House approves changes to judicial appointment process
- Kansas Senate says "no" to Court of Appeals selection reform
- Kansas Supreme Court to hear a case outside of Topeka for the first time
- Kentucky state courts to close for second of three furlough days in fiscal year 2013
- Kentucky state courts to shutter for three days to balance budget
- Kentucky Supreme Court hears arguments August 15 to 17
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- Lawyer Assistance Program pilot project approved
- LeBlanc, Hall to serve as officers in the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana
- Legislators in North Carolina try to ban "foreign law" in courts
- Legislature considers new judgeship in Wyoming
- Legislature considers opening Family Court to the public
- Long named administrative judge of Maryland circuit court
- Lorain County Judge sets case resolution deadline
- Louisiana appellate court travels the circuit
- Louisiana House votes against minority judgeship bill
- Louisiana Supreme Court internally decides next Chief Justice
- Lt. Governor Ramsey appoints Bert McCarter to judicial nominating commission
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- Maryland changes judicial rules to protect consumers from unjust debt collection
- Maryland sees rise in women judges
- Massachusetts court experiments with blogging, Twitter and Facebook
- Massachusetts judicial system to overhaul hiring practices
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court gives thumbs up to the middle finger, sometimes
- Matthew Durrant becomes head of Utah's judiciary
- Member recently appointed to Idaho Judicial Council resigns
- Members reappointed to the DC Judicial Nomination Commission
- Michigan court files go online
- Michigan Supreme Court supports elimination of up to 49 judgeships
- Minnesota judges take a turn at redistricting
- Minnesota Supreme Court judges recuse themselves from cases involving U. of Minnesota
- Mississippi clerk fined $10k
- Mississippi drug courts commended by House of Representatives
- Mississippi Supreme Court to determine constitutionality of law that limits large jury verdicts
- Municipal court judge sues city over pay cut
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- N.J. Assembly calls for Gov. to restore $10M to Legal Services
- N.M. Supreme Court Chief Justice denies recusal request
- Nevada Supreme Court closing in on its 60,000th case
- New administration in Atlantic Beach means new staff all around
- New drug courts open for business in Colorado
- New Hampshire Supreme Court continues tour, holding sessions at local schools
- New Interim Executive Director of the Massachusetts Supreme Court appointed
- New Jersey Supreme Court modernizes rules regarding eyewitness testimony
- New Judges for Utah's Judicial Districts
- New Mexico judges reelect Nakamura to Chief of Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
- New rules for jurors in Michigan Supreme Court
- New Salem courthouse sheds some light on judicial matters
- New state attorney appointed to Waterbury District
- New state attorney general sworn in
- New York considers bill to raise judicial retirement age
- New York Court of Appeals changes state bar requirements
- New York to expand special medical malpractice courts
- NH Courts open rules meetings to public
- NH Legislator's attempt to remove judge fails by committee vote
- NH Legislature considers closing Nashua Superior Court to lighten budget load
- NH passes CACR26 granting legislature concurrent power over state court administration
- NH passes law to introduce new drug courts at the Superior Court level
- NH Republicans propose amendments to alter structure of state courts
- NH State Courts face normal case load with 20 fewer judges
- NJ Supreme Court fastracks pension lawsuit
- NM Gov. appoints five to Judicial Standards Commission
- No drug tests for Kansas judges
- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory repeals judicial appointments order
- North Dakota bar admits new lawyers
- North Dakota Supreme Court adopts federal rules changes in counting time
- North Dakota Supreme Court ruling helps get Veteran suffering from PTSD back on his feet
- North Dakota to ask legislature for more judgeships
- Number of complaints and applicants to DC courts on the rise
- NY Chief Judge to give official "State of the Courts" address
- NY Judge Joseph Covello becomes third to leave Appellate Division bench due to a lack of pay raises
- NY Judges transitioning to private practice due to budget limitations
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- Ohio Common Pleas judges learn about human trafficking
- Ohio Issues 1 and 2 fail, Issue 3 passes
- Ohio Judicial Center dedicated
- Ohio Supreme Court schedules new executions
- Ohio will temporarily stop executions
- Ohio's Chief Justice wins award
- Oklahoma judges respond to highest female incarceration rate
- Oklahoma redistricting bill would require Judges to live in same area as their seat
- Oklahoma Supreme Court moves into a new building
- Opposition to Florida Supreme Court's efforts to limit judicial lobbying power
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- Panel investigates ways to make Kansas court system more cost-efficient
- Parole Board defunded but not dismantled
- Pennsylvania administrative judge appointed
- Pennsylvania Magisterial Judge Maryesther Merlo faces judicial sanction for conduct
- Pennsylvania prioritizes veterans courts
- Pennsylvania sees problem-solving courts as way to improve court system
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to eliminate 40 district judges
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court to meet in Old City Hall for the first time in over 200 years
- Plan to split Supreme Court moves ahead in Florida
- Probate Court Judges Advisory Committee Formed
- Public financing proposed for Kentucky Supreme Court