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    Emancipation Self-Help Module Is Now Available

    Emancipation Self-Help Module Is Now Available

    June 21, 2019
    The Self-Represented Litigation Committee’s sub-committee for District Court Forms has released an Emancipation module on the Self-Help Website: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/self-help/families-children/emancipation The request for this topic comes from various Clerks of the District Court across the state. The material developed includes a fact page, forms, and instructions which were developed and vetted by committee members. The committee members are: Hon. Rachel Daugherty, District...Read more

    Successful Remote CART Services Demonstrated in Red Willow County Court

    Successful Remote CART Services Demonstrated in Red Willow County Court

    June 21, 2019
    Red Willow County Court Judge Anne Paine and Clerk Magistrate Gretchen Wiebe graciously collaborated with the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide language access to a litigant with a hearing impairment for two court proceedings on May 31, 2019, via CART services. CART stands for Communication Access Real-time Translation; which is also referred to as real-time captioning. CART is an accommodation available for court users who are hard of hearing or deaf and whom use English as their...Read more

    Fifth Grade Job Shadowing

    Fifth Grade Job Shadowing

    June 20, 2019
    A Law-Related Educational Activity sponsored by the Nebraska State Bar Foundation and the Nebraska Judicial Branch On May 1, hundreds of fifth graders around the state of Nebraska attended 2019 Law Day Job Shadowing events. This marks the 19 th year that Law Day has been celebrated in Nebraska and well over 6,000 Nebraska students have participated to date. Law Day Job Shadowing is an annual cooperative program of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation and the Nebraska Supreme Court conducted on or...Read more

    When the Going Gets Tough…Court Staff and Judges Get Going

    Flood damage

    When the Going Gets Tough…Court Staff and Judges Get Going

    June 20, 2019
    Every month since March, Judge Kale Burdick has been taking an innovative path to the courthouse on the days he presides over Boyd County. He walks the flood-damaged bridge on Highway 11 between O'Neill and Butte where Clerk Magistrate Cathy Reiman picks him up on the Boyd County side of the bridge and takes him to the courthouse. The two hold court in Boyd County and Reiman drives the judge back to the bridge where he walks to his car left on the Holt county side. The now-walking bridge is...Read more

    Commission on Children in the Courts Hosted by the Court Improvement Project

    Commission on Children in the Courts Hosted by the Court Improvement Project

    June 13, 2019
    The Court Improvement Project hosted the bi-annual meeting of the Supreme Court Commission on Children in the Courts at the Judicial Branch Education Facility in Lincoln on Friday, June 7, 2019. The Honorable Doug Johnson, Douglas County Separate Juvenile Court, and the Honorable Francie Riedmann, Nebraska Court of Appeals, co-chair the commission and presided over the meeting. In addition to the regular subcommittee updates and department reports, Sherri Haber, APS/CPS Administrator at State...Read more

    Attorney Services Division Hosts CLE for Attorneys Throughout the State

    Attorney Services Division Hosts CLE for Attorneys Throughout the State

    June 12, 2019
    Nebraska’s Attorney Services Division hosted a continuing legal education session June 5, 2019, for 150 lawyers in Lincoln. A panel of judges, including Justice Stephanie Stacy, Judge Riko Bishop, Judge Jodi Nelson, retired Judge Mary Gilbride and retired Judge Paul Korslund, discussed professionalism in the Courtroom during the first half of the Lincoln program. After that segment, representatives from Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program (NLAP) and Counsel for Discipline presented on issues...Read more

    Restorative Justice Legislation Enacted

    Restorative Justice Legislation Enacted

    June 11, 2019
    The Nebraska Legislature enacted LB595 on May 13, 2019, the restorative justice bill. LB595 expands the Office of Dispute Resolution’s statutory authority to include the provision of restorative justice services. Restorative justice, as contrasted to retributive justice, provides opportunities for those who have harmed others to offer to make amends, apologize, be accountable for the harm caused to victims of the incident. Restorative justice first and foremost is victim-sensitive, and is...Read more

    Self-Represented Litigation Committee Launches Nebraska Limited Scope Representation Toolkit

    Self-Represented Litigation Committee Launches Nebraska Limited Scope Representation Toolkit

    June 11, 2019
    Designed by judge and lawyer members of the Self-Represented Litigation Committee, the recently-launched Nebraska Limited Scope Representation Toolkit is intended to assist attorneys who are offering limited scope representation to potential clients. The toolkit is for use in civil matters in Nebraska trial courts and highlights ethics and procedural rules as well as best practices that relate to limited scope representation. It includes an overview of relevant rules, tips in the identification...Read more

    New Language for Individuals Requesting Records “Not Found”

    JUSTICE Screen

    New Language for Individuals Requesting Records “Not Found”

    May 30, 2019
    The language that appears on the JUSTICE system screen when cases are not found has been updated. New language is as follows: Nebraska’s online access to the JUSTICE system includes a complete, current listing of cases publicly available in the court system. However, case information may not be available because of state law, court records retention schedules, or a Supreme Court Rule. For example, sealed records will not be publicly available through the online JUSTICE system. Accordingly,...Read more

    Nebraska Hosts National Summit on Pandemic Preparedness

    Pandemic Panel

    Nebraska Hosts National Summit on Pandemic Preparedness

    May 29, 2019
    Participants from the nation’s state courts attended a Summit on Pandemic Preparedness at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) May 22 – 24, 2019. The summit, hosted by Nebraska Chief Justice Michael Heavican, brought together state court chief justices and other court leaders, health officials, and members of the legislative and executive branches to discuss ways in which a pandemic outbreak will be addressed by the court system and other entities when the need arises Topics for the...Read more

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