The Nebraska Court Improvement Project, led by Director Deb VanDyke-Ries, hosted Regional Conferences in Lincoln, Norfolk, Gering, and Lexington this year with the theme “Changing Minds”. The CIP team welcomed over 400 attendees over four days. In Gering, Nebraska, project chair for Nebraska’s “Through the Eyes of the Child” Initiative, Judge Larry Gendler, was interviewed by NBC Nebraska. Watch the coverage: https://www.ksnblocal4.com/scottsbluff/content/news/Through-the-Eyes-of-a-Child-...Read more

The Office of Public Guardian has initiated a ‘waiting list’ process. Nominations to the Office of Public Guardian and requests to be placed on the waiting list will first be screened by a Court Visitor or will go through the normal Guardian ad Litem reporting process. Placement on the waiting list and filling any openings from the waiting list, will be determined by those who have the greatest need. Greatest need is defined as individuals who truly have no other options and for whom the OPG is...Read more

The first snow storm of the season did not deter 22 aspiring court interpreters from actively participating in Interpreter Orientation, October 13-14, at Creighton University Law School in Omaha. These intrepid future court interpreters represent 10 different communities in the state and collectively speak nine different languages from Arabic to Thai. The intensive two-day introduction to court interpreting was taught by federally certified Spanish court interpreters Jeck-Jenard Navarrete and...Read more