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    Victim Youth Conferencing Featured on “Speaking of Nebraska”

    Victim Youth Conferencing Featured on “Speaking of Nebraska”

    April 25, 2018
    Nebraska Educational Television interviewed Debora Denny, Director of the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) and Alisha Jimenez, ODR’s Restorative Justice Program Analyst on March 22, 2018 regarding ODR’s restorative justice initiative, Victim Youth Conferencing (VYC). VYC was piloted in the 3 rd , 4 th , and 12 th judicial districts in partnership with the ODR-approved mediation centers serving those districts, and it had outstanding results. Out of the 70 youth receiving a VYC, 93% resulted...Read more

    Interstate Commission for Juveniles (ICJ) Bench Book for Judges and Court Personnel

    Interstate Commission for Juveniles (ICJ) Bench Book for Judges and Court Personnel

    April 24, 2018
    The Interstate Compact Office within the Office of Probation Administration would like to share a valuable resource with Judges and court personnel who work with juveniles transferred under the Interstate Commission for Juveniles (ICJ) or out-of-state runaways being returned to his/her home/demanding state under the ICJ. The ICJ Bench Book provides an overview of legal procedures for the Compact, along with recently revised ICJ Rules, Advisory Opinions, and process charts. Below is the link to...Read more

    First-time Course for New Managers and Supervisors

    First-time Course for New Managers and Supervisors

    April 24, 2018
    New managers and supervisors in the courts were invited to attend a four-hour course regarding topics specific to their role. This course was offered in conjunction with New Employee Orientation. Joyce Welsch, Director of Human Resources, was the instructor for the class of eight new managers from across the state. The course was presented on April 24, 2018, at the Judicial Branch Education offices in Lincoln. It was developed at the request of the Clerk Magistrate Curriculum Committee.Read more

    Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Court Arguments at Grand Island Senior High School May 4, 2018

    Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Court Arguments at Grand Island Senior High School May 4, 2018

    April 23, 2018
    In honor of Law Day, the Nebraska Supreme Court will be in session on the campus of Grand Island Senior High School on May 4, 2018. Justices will hold arguments in the school auditorium at 9:30 a.m. with an introductory program for students which will provide background information on Law Day and the Nebraska court system beginning at 9:00 a.m. This visit is part of a continuing educational outreach effort by the Nebraska Supreme Court and the legal community to raise awareness of court...Read more

    Child’s Play Becomes an Adult Stress Reliever

    Child’s Play Becomes an Adult Stress Reliever

    April 19, 2018
    Lincoln attorney Adam Prochaska spent many evenings playing LEGOs with his small children and often found himself continuing projects after his children had gone to bed. Before long Prochaska became a LEGO aficionado, creating bigger and better designs as a way to wind down after a long day at the office. He took an interest in creating the Nebraska Supreme Court out of LEGOs a couple of years ago. In November 2015 he visited the courtroom with a camera and started creating his structure in...Read more

    Bob Blanchard Receives UNO Distinguished Service Award

    Bob Blanchard Receives UNO Distinguished Service Award

    April 19, 2018
    University of Nebraska at Omaha’s (UNO) School of Criminology and Criminal Justice honors Bob Blanchard with their Distinguished Service Award. Bob started his career as probation officer in Omaha in 1990, and in 2004 hired as the coordinator for the first Young Adult Drug Court in Nebraska. Bob later helped start the first Veterans Treatment Court in Omaha in 2016. In December 2017, after 27 years of service to the Nebraska Judicial Branch, Bob retired from the Veterans Treatment Court and he...Read more

    Nebraska Probation Recognized in National Criminal Justice and Behavior Journal

    Nebraska Probation Recognized in National Criminal Justice and Behavior Journal

    April 17, 2018
    The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation is proud to announce recognition in a national publication. The Journal of Criminal Justice and Behavior recently published a 2014 study examining the validity of how Nebraska probation officers use an evidence-based risk assessment tool, the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI). The LS/CMI measures risk and needs of adults who are either pending sentencing or placed on community supervision. The results of the study...Read more

    Juvenile Justice Home-Based Initiative Celebrates Its First Anniversary

    Juvenile Justice Home-Based Initiative Celebrates Its First Anniversary

    April 16, 2018
    It has been one year since the launch of the Juvenile Justice Home-Based Initiative – a program designed to reduce the number of youth in out-of-home care. Throughout the first year both Multisystemic Therapy (MST) and the Boys Town Ecological In-Home Family Treatment (EIHFT) services have had great successes with justice involved youth and families, and the capacity to provide these services has grown substantially. Service utilization has nearly tripled and the number of counties in which the...Read more

    Juvenile Justice System Statistical Annual Report Released

    Juvenile Justice System Statistical Annual Report Released

    April 11, 2018
    The Nebraska Juvenile Justice System 2017 Statistical Annual Report, designed to meet the requirements of Nebraska Revised Statute § 24-1007, can be found on the Judicial Branch Website and the Unicameral Legislature Website. This report is compiled by the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation and contains statistics on Juvenile Justice (status offense and juvenile delinquency) cases and on juveniles prosecuted in the adult court system. A status offense is an act that is prohibited...Read more

    Nebraska Probation Administration Staff Awarded Scholarship to Attend National Training Conference Addressing Violent Crimes Against Women

    Nebraska Probation Administration Staff Awarded Scholarship to Attend National Training Conference Addressing Violent Crimes Against Women

    April 11, 2018
    DALLAS (April 6, 2018) – Hundreds of members of law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocates from across the nation who work with female victims of crime have been awarded scholarships to participate in the highest quality workshops, computer labs, and case studies at the thirteenth annual Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW). This scholarship provides access to critical training for communities who would otherwise be unable to attend due to increasing budget constraints that public...Read more

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