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    Breakfast at the University of Nebraska - Kearney - Day two, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    Breakfast at the University of Nebraska - Kearney - Day two, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    August 1, 2017
    The second day of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour started with an early breakfast in the new Health Science Education Complex on University of Nebraska - Kearney campus. Chancellor Doug Kristensen welcomed all guests before introducing the College’s first ‘Kearney Law Opportunities Program’ class. The five participating students have committed to practicing law in a rural community and will receive their Bachelor’s Degree at UNK followed by guaranteed admission to the University of Nebraska...Read more

    Lifetime Achievement Presented to Werkmeister for Nearly Fifty Years of Service

    Lifetime Achievement Presented to Werkmeister for Nearly Fifty Years of Service

    August 1, 2017
    Ron Werkmeister, Clerk Magistrate and Deputy Clerk of District Court of Frontier County, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his nearly 50 years of service to the Nebraska Judicial Branch on August 1, 2017. Chief Justice Michael Heavican visited Frontier County Courthouse to present the award. Judge Kent Turnbull outlined Werkmeister's history of service beginning with his election as county judge in 1968, his 1973 appointment as Associate County Judge, and his 1976 appointment...Read more

    Visit to the Problem-Solving Court in Aurora - Day one, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    Visit to the Problem-Solving Court in Aurora - Day one, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    July 31, 2017
    The first stop on the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour included a visit with participants in the Problem-Solving Court in Aurora with Judge Rachel Daugherty. When introducing the Problem-Solving Court participants to visitors, Judge Daugherty remarked, “It is a group that I am so proud of…their accomplishments are just incredible.” Problem-Solving Court Participants sat in the well of the courtroom with Chief Justice Heavican and Justice Cassel to talk about their experiences with the court system...Read more

    Judicial Ethics Committee Releases Opinion on Familial Relationships and Professional Work

    Judicial Ethics Committee Releases Opinion on Familial Relationships and Professional Work

    July 25, 2017
    The Judicial Ethics Committee has released an opinion addressing a question regarding disqualification when an attorney is related to a judge. Question Posed: Is a district judge whose brother is county attorney for one of the counties in the judge’s judicial district disqualified in the following situations: from cases in which the deputy county attorney for the county is the attorney for the State and the judge’s brother did not appear in the case, nor sign the complaint, or participate in...Read more

    Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Fundamentals Training

    Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Fundamentals Training

    July 24, 2017
    The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) was designed with the vision that all youth involved in the juvenile justice system have opportunities to develop into healthy, productive adults. After more than two decades of innovation and replication, JDAI is one of the nation's most effective, influential, and widespread juvenile justice system reform initiatives. JDAI promotes changes to policies, practices, and programs to reduce reliance on secure confinement, improve public safety...Read more

    Understanding and Impacting Juvenile Justice Internationally

    Understanding and Impacting Juvenile Justice Internationally

    July 21, 2017
    Juvenile Justice was the focus on the international stage at the 17th Annual Melaka International Youth Dialogue Conference in Maleka, Malaysia July 10-13th, 2017. Monica Miles-Steffens, Director of Placement, Juvenile Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation and Dr. Anne Hobbs, Director of the Juvenile Justice Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha shared the stage as plenary speakers to an audience representing over 40 different countries. The conference is...Read more

    Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Week has been Proclaimed for the Week of July 16-22, 2017

    Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Week has been Proclaimed for the Week of July 16-22, 2017

    July 20, 2017
    This is a time to recognize and celebrate all of the dedicated probation employees who work tirelessly to make neighborhoods safe places to live and raise families. Probation officers are on duty each and every day to assist juveniles and adults to become better citizens with productive lives. Here’s a list of 10 ways Probation is valuable to our state: Committed to promoting services and programs that meet the needs and interests of crime victims and the community. Promotes an integrated,...Read more

    Unified Family Court Study Funded in Douglas County

    Unified Family Court Study Funded in Douglas County

    July 20, 2017
    The Nebraska Court Improvement Project received a grant from the Sherwood Foundation to study the creation of a Unified Family Court in Douglas County. A Unified Family Court combines the elements of traditional family and juvenile courts into one entity and includes other resources, such as social services, critical to the resolution of a family’s problems. It is a comprehensive court with jurisdiction over all family related legal matters, such as divorce, custody, child support, domestic...Read more

    Annual Caseload Reports Available for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

    Annual Caseload Reports Available for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

    July 19, 2017
    The Annual Caseload Report of the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals has been added to the Judicial Branch Website. The report contains caseload statistics for Nebraska’s appellate level courts. Statistics are compiled through extracts from the SSCALES automated case management system. Providing court statistics ensures transparency to the public and assists administration in ensuring efficient court practices. View the report at: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/...Read more

    Weighted Caseload Reports for Fiscal Year 2017 Posted

    Weighted Caseload Reports for Fiscal Year 2017 Posted

    July 19, 2017
    Weighted Caseload Reports for Nebraska's District, County and Separate Juvenile courts have been uploaded to the Judicial Branch Website. Weighted caseload systems provide objective, standardized determinations of resource needs. No quantitative judgeship assessment method, including a weighted caseload system will determine the exact number of judges required within a judicial district. But quantitative methods, such as weighted caseload can approximate the need for judgeships and provide a...Read more

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