Rory Perry: Legal Information StandardsInformation standards for courts and the legal professionCTC8 Continues- October 29, 2003 Another long day exploring court technology at CTC8 in Kansas City. I've now spoken twice about syndication and official court weblogs as a tool for improving public access. Also timely is a front-page article in the Court Technology Bulletin (no link yet) I authored entitled "Publishing an Official Court Weblog." The concept is new, and may be slow to take hold in the courts. However, I did learn yesterday that the Supreme Court of Utah will soon join West Virginia in providing access to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103705/categories/legalTechStandards/2003/10/29.html#a550 Review of state judicial homepages- October 29, 2003 The Judiciary.org has published a visual review of all 50 state judicial homepages. The following assessment criteria were applied:Is the Home Page designed to make full use of the visitor's monitor, regardless of resolution settings If the Home Page does not make full use of monitor resolution, is content centered to enhance appearance and ease of viewingDoes the Home Page tarnish the high professional and ethical standards associated with the judicial function by advertising or promoting...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103705/categories/legalTechStandards/2003/10/29.html#a549 International court technology news- October 22, 2003 The news reports over the past week show that court technology is on the move internationally. Chief Justice BN Kirpal announced recently that the Supreme Court of India will enable e-filing in the coming months. India has an interesting government portal, with a wide variety of citizen services, including Cause Lists for Indian Courts, and the ability to lodge public grievances online. In Nigeria, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, along with the Chief Judge of Lagos State,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103705/categories/legalTechStandards/2003/10/22.html#a547 Weblog and RSS Resources for Courts -- offering for BloggerCon- October 3, 2003 I'm working on a resource page to encourage courts to use weblogs and syndication technology to publish more court information on the Web. The early draft is available here, and I welcome comments, ideas and links, especially from those folks at Day 2 of BloggerCon 2003 attending theWeblogs and the Law session.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103705/categories/legalTechStandards/2003/10/03.html#a499 |