In Omaha, the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court honored a new graduate on April 29, 2021, while family, friends, members of the local community, and other participants observed via Zoom. The ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive mental health treatment, intensive community supervision, and full accountability for the graduate. Veterans Treatment Court Judge Horacio J. Wheelock presided over the ceremony, and Judge James T. Gleason was a speaker at the...Read more

Interpreter and translation services and credentialing for the Nebraska Judicial Branch are outlined in an article written by Director of Language Access Jennifer Verhein in the Access to Justice themed issue of the Nebraska Lawyer Magazine (March/April 2021). It is reprinted with the permission of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Read article the from the magazine: Nebraska Judicial Branch Language Access Photos show some of the 15 individuals who participated in Court Interpreter...Read more

Boone and Nance Counties are the latest counties to contract for the clerk magistrate to serve as ex officio clerk of district court. Lisa Langan took on ex Officio Clerk of District Court duties in Boone County on April 1, 2021. Langan has served as Clerk Magistrate since 2001 and has been part of the Judicial Branch family since 1993. Shirley Stuart-Monroe assumes ex officio responsibilities in Nance County on May 1, 2021. Stuart-Monroe was appointed Clerk Magistrate in 2012 and has been with...Read more