Category: Courts

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has written a piece for the International Judicial Monitor describing her experience at the first Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts at The Hague, Netherlands last September. “It was simply the best judicial education opportunity that I have ever experienced,” she writes. …

From The Third Branch: Dodge County Judge Andy Bissonnette reports on the remarkable effect of a plate of treats in small claims court. Check out the P.S. – too funny.

From the Wisconsin Court System’s The Third Branch: The Director of State Courts Office in April published the first Hmong-English legal glossary in the United States. It defines more than 800 common court terms and suggests equivalent Hmong phrases for many of them. . . The glossary defines general court terms and specific terms for …

“The Director of State Courts Office recently introduced sixteen Spanish language circuit court forms on the court system’s website. The forms were selected by a subcommittee composed of members of the court system’s Interpreter Committee and Records Management Committee, to help meet the growing need for Spanish language court forms.” Read more at WSLL @ …

UPDATE: Da Vinci judge’s secret code revealed The judge’s secret message was: “Jackie Fisher, who are you? Dreadnought” … Judge Smith is known as a navy buff, and Fisher was a Royal Navy admiral who developed the idea for a giant battleship called the HMS Dreadnought in the early 20th century. ————————– From Reuters: Three …

From the Korea Times: Weblogs, or Internet diaries, are about to gain more than just curious readers. Korean courts are now experimenting whether they could operate court trials and hearings just through Internet postings, saving everybody the trouble of actually entering the courtroom. The Seoul Administration Court recently designated one of its court units, which …

In his blog, 3L Epiphany, Ian Best, a student at Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University), has some fascinating posts exploring judges’ opinions on blogging. Best surveyed two judges, Judith Lanzinger (Ohio Sup. Ct.) and Richard Kopf (U.S. District Judge, Nebraska), about their thoughts on citing blogs, blogs as legitimate forms of scholarship, blogs …

Westlaw recently released a new service called Westlaw eForms. These fill-in-the-blank forms are available for federal courts, state and local courts, bankruptcy courts, and government agencies. Forms are both saveable and emailable. For more information, see the guide to Completing Westlaw eForms.

Law.com reports that Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts The Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted a historic rule change that will allow lawyers to cite so-called unpublished opinions in federal courts starting next year. The new rule takes effect unless Congress countermands it before Dec. 1. . . Under …

Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Barry and Jo from Court Data Technologies. They introduced me to their new CourtTracker service and I must say that I was impressed. Basically, CourtTracker takes CCAP case data (Wisconsin circuit courts) and allows you to search it in powerful ways not available via CCAP. It’s …