Judicial Branch Annual Report for Fiscal Year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, is now available online. The report will be presented to the legislature during the Chief Justice’s annual “State of the Judiciary” in mid-January 2018. The report can be found here.
The Sherwood Foundation has awarded the Administrative Office of the Courts /Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) $1 million to integrate the restorative justice practice of Victim Youth Conferencing (VYC) across the state. The goal of VYC is to reduce youth involvement in the juvenile justice system...
Judge David K. Arterburn, York College class of 1977, was presented with the College’s ‘Alumni of the Year’ award during the College’s Homecoming in October 2017. The award outlined the following information about Judge Arterburn in their announcement: David Arterburn is a judge of the Nebraska...
The Nebraska Judicial Resources Commission held its annual public hearing on December 4, 2017. Meeting minutes with attachments have been uploaded to the Judicial Branch website. Read: December 4 Judicial Resources Commission (Printing caution, with attachments the document is 238 pages)
The Women and the Law Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association is pleased to announce that Riko Bishop, Nebraska Court of Appeals Judge, has received the 2017 Outstanding Contributor to Women in the Law Award. Judge Bishop makes a concerted effort to mentor young women (and men) in pursuit of a...
Shortly after 1:00 p.m. on November 3, 2017, Beatrice High School Principal Jason Sutter announced the transformation of the school auditorium into a courtroom – a Supreme Court courtroom -- where justices, along with Court of Appeals Chief Judge Frankie Moore, listened to two arguments, answered...
Mike Nehe, Domestic Violence Program Services Specialist for the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation announced that the project to update Harassment and Domestic Abuse Protection Order forms is complete. The petition and affidavit forms completed by the public have new instructions to...
The Central Nebraska Drug Court held a ceremony and celebration on November 14, 2017, at the Windmill Center in Minden, Nebraska where Nebraska State Senator John Kuehn delivered the graduation ceremony keynote address. For Drug Court graduates, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive...
Chief Justice Mike Heavican and Office of Dispute Resolution Director Debora Denny awarded a 25th Anniversary commendation to The Mediation Center (TMC) in Lincoln on November 16, 2017. The Mediation Center Executive Director Casey Karges and Board Chair Jim Gordon accepted the honor. The event was...
Judges of the Separate Juvenile Court in Omaha surrounded Judge Wadie Thomas at his final official adoption day press conference to present him with a fitting parting gift – a big “adoption day” teddy bear. The judge who brought National Adoption Day to Nebraska – Judge Thomas -- will retire just...