Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy is the theme for this year’s Law Day through the American Bar Association. The theme celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted American women the right to vote. The right, known as women’s suffrage, was ratified...

The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation assembled at the State Capitol (and beyond) to create a video Law Day greeting for judges and coworkers across the state. The video is designed to show appreciation to members of the Judicial Branch who accomplished amazing feats that had not...

The OPG has successfully transitioned to remote operations and continues to advocate tirelessly for their wards and vulnerable adults in Nebraska in general. All private guardian and conservator education programming has been implemented remotely. The OPG is now conducting classes both online and...

Susan Barnard, Office Services Manager for the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation, spent the month of April gathering hand-sewn face masks for Nebraska’s probation field staff. Barnard is a 4-H leader in Gage County and has kept her 4-H youth busy sewing masks since the Center For...

These are not normal times for the justice system, according to a news report featuring Clerk Magistrate Vicki Kuhlmann in Washington County. The interview between Kuhlmann and the news reporter was held on opposite sides of the plastic barrier at the customer service counter. Kuhlmann was in her...

Supplies of hand sanitizer, masks, rubber gloves, and other personal safety items were delivered to the Executive Building by the Nebraska Army National Guard on April 10th. Staff from the Administrative Office of Probation Programs & Services Division were on hand to compile and repackage the items...

The Court Improvement Project (CIP) has produced the 2019 Impact Report outlining engagement and activities taken on by the team to help improve outcomes for court-involved children and families throughout the year. The report includes activities and projects spearheaded by the Through the Eyes of...

Court users who need to have signatures witnessed on legal documents can now do so by an online notary public. In response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, Governor Ricketts has signed an executive order allowing for early implementation of the Online Notary Public Act, which was to go into effect on...

Drug courts represent a highly structured, intensive form of community supervision. They utilize a combination of treatment and justice based interventions to promote change. Encouraging pro-social, healthy activity and engagement is important when it comes to supporting long-term, behavioral change...

The Madison County Adult Drug Court celebrated a graduation in Norfolk on April 3, 2020, at the Madison County District Courthouse. For the graduates, Andrew Brewer and Raychell Martian, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive mental health treatment, intensive...