Retired Judge Alan Brodbeck received a standing ovation from the county judges as he accepted a recognition award from Judicial Branch Education chair, Judge Riko Bishop, for his efforts to establish and maintain mandatory judicial branch education in Nebraska. From 1987 until his retirement in...

The Administrative Office of Probation announces the implementation of new “Juvenile Service Definitions and Service Interpretive Guidelines.” Service definitions for probation are consistent with Medicaid and the Division of Behavioral Health’s definitions. Each service definition has a “Service...

The official rollout of electronic delivery of pre-sentence investigation reports (PSIs) to all probation offices and courts has begun. Judicial Branch Education is assisting Information Technology staff from the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation with providing education of the...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals and Supreme Court’s new electronic filing system was selected by StateScoop as the IT Innovation of the Year. The eFiling system was nominated through the courts’ technology partner Nebraska.gov and the award was announced on April 23. Appellate Court eFiling went into...

In 2015 the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) partnered with the University of Minnesota's Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking (CRJP) to initiate a pilot Victim Youth Conference (VYC) project involving The Mediation Center in Lincoln, Mediation West in Scottsbluff, and Concord Mediation...

The six Office of Dispute Resolution-approved mediation centers have been providing small claims mediation for over two decades. Recently, The Mediation Center-Lincoln celebrated the efforts of small claims mediation for Lancaster County Courts. Its program began in 1996 and is the oldest...

The Administrative Office of Probation has announced that it has recently partnered with the Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM) to improve its response regarding the investigation and supervision of Adult Sex Offender clients as well as Juveniles Who Sexually Harm clients. CSOM is a national...

“Take Your Dog to Work Day” is Friday, June 23, 2017. While most courthouses do not allow dogs in the building, Nebraska has a couple of working dogs who attend court on a regular basis. Manny (pictured) is Sarpy County’s courthouse dog and is trained to calm victims and witnesses in pretrial...

The Chief Justice devotes several days each summer traveling outside the Lincoln area to meet with judges, court and probation staff, and to observe local programs and services. The 2017 summer tour will take the Chief, key court staff, and select judges and justices to the southwestern portion of...

Chief Judge Frankie Moore (left) and Chief Justice Heavican visit with Lexington High School counselor Ms. Michele McKeone while touring the “English as a Second Language” class at the high school. The complete tour included a poetry reading and a group discussion with students who transferred from...