Ron Werkmeister, Clerk Magistrate and Deputy Clerk of District Court of Frontier County, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his nearly 50 years of service to the Nebraska Judicial Branch on August 1, 2017. Chief Justice Michael Heavican visited Frontier County Courthouse to present...
The first stop on the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour included a visit with participants in the Problem-Solving Court in Aurora with Judge Rachel Daugherty. When introducing the Problem-Solving Court participants to visitors, Judge Daugherty remarked, “It is a group that I am so proud of…their...
The Judicial Ethics Committee has released an opinion addressing a question regarding disqualification when an attorney is related to a judge. Question Posed: Is a district judge whose brother is county attorney for one of the counties in the judge’s judicial district disqualified in the following...
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) was designed with the vision that all youth involved in the juvenile justice system have opportunities to develop into healthy, productive adults. After more than two decades of innovation and replication, JDAI is one of the nation's most...
Juvenile Justice was the focus on the international stage at the 17th Annual Melaka International Youth Dialogue Conference in Maleka, Malaysia July 10-13th, 2017. Monica Miles-Steffens, Director of Placement, Juvenile Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation and Dr. Anne...
This is a time to recognize and celebrate all of the dedicated probation employees who work tirelessly to make neighborhoods safe places to live and raise families. Probation officers are on duty each and every day to assist juveniles and adults to become better citizens with productive lives. Here...
The Nebraska Court Improvement Project received a grant from the Sherwood Foundation to study the creation of a Unified Family Court in Douglas County. A Unified Family Court combines the elements of traditional family and juvenile courts into one entity and includes other resources, such as social...
The Annual Caseload Report of the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals has been added to the Judicial Branch Website. The report contains caseload statistics for Nebraska’s appellate level courts. Statistics are compiled through extracts from the SSCALES automated case management...
Weighted Caseload Reports for Nebraska's District, County and Separate Juvenile courts have been uploaded to the Judicial Branch Website. Weighted caseload systems provide objective, standardized determinations of resource needs. No quantitative judgeship assessment method, including a weighted...
Fiscal Year 2017 — July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 — caseload statistics for Nebraska’s District, County, and Separate Juvenile Courts are available on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Website. The reports are compiled through extracts from the JUSTICE automated trial court case management system...