Nebraska trial judges installed new association presidents during their annual meetings in mid-October. Presidential terms began on October 14, 2022. The associations and their newly appointed presidents are: Nebraska County Judges Association – Hon. Randin R. Roland, Sidney Nebraska Separate...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 10/10/22.

Kim Fender, Human Resources Coordinator in District 4A/4J, supports all aspects of local recruiting, hiring, retention, plus many other duties. She is a huge asset to both Districts - by attending job fairs and educating college students, as well as engaging with the community to cultivate a new...

Kelly Riley, Director of the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR), and Dr. Anne Hobbs, Director of the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Juvenile Justice (JJI), collaborated to present on the Juvenile Restorative Justice and Family Intervention Initiative. Using Mentimeter, the presenters learned about...

Nebraska District Court Judge Horacio J. Wheelock of Omaha, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on September 28, 2022. Wheelock heard arguments in the case of S-20-871, Joseph J. Buttercase v. James Martin Davis and Davis Law Office, Revived in the names of the...

The Office of Dispute Resolution’s Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report summarizes the number and types of disputes handled by the approved mediation centers, the disposition of those cases, as well as challenges faced and recommendations. The approved centers handle a wide range of cases from family...

Supporters of the Nebraska Judicial System providing behavioral health services and legal support gathered to hear from national experts and area speakers on topics ranging from problem-solving courts to trauma services to adolescent behavior. “In the Nebraska Justice and Behavioral Health systems...

The 2021-2022 Report on Adult Community Corrections Programs, Centers, Services, and Supervision is now available on the Judicial Branch website. The purpose of this report is to identify the most important factors related to the population on community supervision, evaluate costs of programming...

Listen as Your Nebraska Judicial Branch recaps Chief Justice Heavican's Summer Tour. Each year, the Chief Justice and members of the Supreme Court visit courthouses and judicial branch offices throughout the state. This year saw the culmination of all 93 counties visited. Chief Justice Heavican...

“Young people in their formative high school years need to be exposed to as many ideas as possible in regard to government, especially the judicial branch of government,” noted Chief Justice Heavican following a visit with one of Lincoln’s high school classes. “I hope that a visit to the Nebraska...