Nebraska Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican held a proclamation signing ceremony announcing the month of May as Nebraska Problem-Solving Court Month on behalf of the State Judicial Branch on Wednesday, May 4, at 2:00 p.m. The ceremony was streamed live from the Nebraska Supreme Court Courtroom which...

A swearing-in ceremony for Annette Shafer as Clerk Magistrate of Lincoln County Court was held April 26, 2022, in the Lincoln County Courthouse in North Platte, Nebraska. Judge Joel Jay opened and hosted the ceremony. Annette Shafer began her duties as Clerk Magistrate on January 24, 2022, replacing...

County Court and District Court: CC 13:24 Information to Support Transcript or Bill of Exceptions – reformatted and renamed as instructed. CC 6:7.1 Record of Copy Provided Incarcerated Defendant in Forma Pauperis. - Removed "Exhibits" from options as there has to be a motion. Removed the "Court...

A swearing-in ceremony for Debra Hand as Clerk Magistrate of Cherry County Court was held April 26, 2022, in the Cherry County Courthouse in Valentine, Nebraska. Judge James Orr opened and hosted the ceremony. Hand began her duties as Clerk Magistrate on January 3, 2022, replacing former Clerk...

Law Day 2022 was celebrated in the McCook High School auditorium on April 28, with local judges speaking to students immediately before the Nebraska Supreme Court held oral arguments. Judge Pat Heng discussed the appeals process while outlining information about the trial courts and the importance...

There are about 6,500 languages in the world, and in the past year the Language Access Program provided interpreters in more than two-thirds of Nebraska’s 93 counties, across all 12 Judicial Districts. Collectively, those interpreters communicated in 49 different languages, from across the globe...

Seventeen aspiring court interpreters from six different communities across Nebraska gathered at JBE the weekend of April 23-24 for an introduction to the profession of court interpreting by the Language Access Team and special guest certified Spanish court interpreter Kelly Varguez. After...

A swearing-in ceremony for Chelsie Sparks as Clerk Magistrate of Cheyenne County Court was held April 25, 2022, in the Cheyenne County Courthouse in Sidney, Nebraska. Judge Randin Roland opened and hosted the ceremony. Chelsie Sparks began her duties as Clerk Magistrate on February 21, 2022...

The Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of Brandon Sloan and Michael Williams on March 31, 2022, at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha. For the graduates, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive mental health treatment, intensive...

The Nebraska Court Improvement Project produces new video as an overview of the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative. The video gives a brief, six-minute synopsis of the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiatives goals, history, and achievements. The video also describes team composition and...