Media Releases
Attorneys and journalists have been provided with an added feature on the newly re-launched Judicial Branch Website. At the request of members of the bar and the media, the Court has added a category of “anticipated” Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions on each Court’s opinion page. The...
LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Separate Juvenile Court Judge in Douglas County will hold a public hearing in Courtroom #412 at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on...
Our judicial system is based upon the principle that all those coming before the courts are entitled to equal justice. The Nebraska Supreme Court’s Strategic Agenda identifies “providing access to swift, fair justice” as the first of six overarching goals of the Nebraska Judicial Branch. To further...
The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing via video conference on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1204 to determine whether, based on the judicial workload statistics, judicial vacancies exist in the following locations: 1. Office of district court of the...
May 23rd & 24th in Kearney and May 25th & 26th in Lincoln Members of Adult Drug and DUI Problem-Solving Court teams from Scottsbluff to Omaha will meet together in May – the month nationally designated as Drug Court Month – for a training and self-assessment of best practice standards. Experts from...
Two of Nebraska’s experts on criminal justice reform, Nebraska District Court Judge John Colborn and University of Nebraska - Lincoln Professor Dr. Richard L. Wiener, will discuss Justice Reinvestment with members of Congress on April 20, 2017, from 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. through a program sponsored by...
The Nebraska State Bar Commission has received the Supreme Court’s approval of its recommendation for the following individuals to be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska, having fulfilled all of the requirements under Rule §3-117 for admission by examination. The swearing in...
The Inaugural Ceremony for Nebraska’s newest problem solving court, the Lancaster County Veterans Treatment Court, will take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the City-County Chambers Room 112 in the City-County Building, 555 S. 10th Street, Lincoln. Actress Melissa Fitzgerald, who...
LINCOLN -- Alfred E. Corey III, Stacie A. Goding, David R. Medlin, all of Grand Island; and Martin R. Klein, Hickman, have submitted applications for appointment as County Judge in the 9th Judicial District consisting of Buffalo and Hall counties. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy...
Mr. Tim Sprakel, District 4A Probation, has begun his service as Chief Probation Officer in Omaha. His appointment became effective March 1, 2017. The Chief Probation Officer for District 4A manages a staff of 110 employees which includes 65 Probation Officers at four office locations in Omaha...