On Saturday, November 10, 2024, staff and participants from the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court visited the Omaha Veterans Center near 42nd and Center to help with cleanup efforts, both inside and outside the facility. The Veterans Center was selected as the focus of this service project...

With Election Day over, the Judicial Branch now turns to introducing itself to new senators who will be sworn in come January. The Branch has long had a program where judges and probation staff provide an opportunity for senators to visit the courthouse and learn about court process and Branch...

Awarded to: Taileigh Sorensen, Problem-Solving Court Coordinator; AOCP, Problem-Solving Courts, Lincoln Taileigh Sorensen has excelled as Nebraska's first Problem-Solving Court Coordinator for a family treatment court and the nation’s first child-welfare domestic violence coordinator. Her innovation...

Newly appointed Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke presided over his first visiting high school court session with the Nebraska Supreme Court at Wahoo High School on November 6, 2024. Students attending arguments came from Wahoo, Bishop Neumann, Mead, Elkhorn, Elkhorn South, East Butler, and Yutan High...

In observance of the holiday, Court and Probation Offices will be closed on 11/11/2024.

Planning for the Nebraska Veterans Justice Program (VJP) is underway, with implementation in Nebraska courts set for July 2025. Approved unanimously this past legislative session, LB253 establishes VJP to address the unique needs of veterans in the criminal justice system. The process will serve...

The Sarpy County Adult Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of six participants at the Sarpy County Courthouse in Papillion on October 21, 2024. Judge Stefanie Martinez and Judge Robert Wester presided over the ceremony, alongside guests Sarpy County Attorney Tom Gross, and Sarpy County...

Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Mike Heavican, presented Judicial Branch Recognition Awards to individuals and team members on October 29, 2024, during the Nebraska Judicial Branch’s 16th annual recognition event. The Employee Recognition Committee selected 11 individuals and 2 teams...

On September 16, 2024, the Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court celebrated the graduation of James and Rhory at the Saline County Courthouse in Wilbur. Judge David Bargen presided over the ceremony, honoring this significant achievement with family and friends of the graduates. The ceremony...

Until recently, free public access to case searches in JUSTICE (trial court) and SCCALES (Supreme Court and Court of Appeals) was only available at kiosks located in the courthouses and in the Nebraska State Law Library. But in October 2024, the JUSTICE Access Initiative working group of the Access...