How state courts are using innovative technologies and
responsible health and safety practices to resume jury trials
This webinar focused on state and local efforts to resume jury trials and grand jury proceedings. Panelists discussed the development and implementation of new policies to manage jurors and jury trials; the experience of courts in pilot tests of remote jury trials and grand jury proceedings; and innovative ways to ensure social distancing and other public health and safety measures with prospective jurors.
Outside the Box Strategies: Administering the courts while the COVID-19 curve is flattened
As states around the country begin to consider relaxing restrictions put in place because of the pandemic, courts must begin to develop plans for gradually expanding operations again, as conditions permit. This webinar focused on a variety of strategies employed by courts, in some cases before the pandemic arrived, that might be applicable to your immediate business needs.
COVID-19 and Courthouses: Planning to get back to business inside the courthouse
Facility operation adjustments are required to resume business in courthouses. This webinar covered complications in ramping up services in various court environments. Rural, mid-size, and large jurisdictions shared their experiences and strategies for implementation.
Developing Plans for Expanding In-Person Court Operations
As states around the country begin to consider relaxing restrictions put in place because of the pandemic, courts must begin to develop plans for gradually expanding in-person operations again, as conditions permit. This webinar focused on key questions for courts to consider in this planning.
Ramping Down and Ramping Up: Lessons Learned from High Volume Trial Courts
This webinar focused on lessons learned from high-volume trial courts. Speakers addressed issues such as: how to make decisions on what to close and what to keep open; how to staff, and who to send home and when; what functions can be handled remotely; and how to check for illness, and how to keep everyone healthy.
Lights, Cameras, Motion!: Act III
State Supreme Courts and Intermediate Appellate Courts face unique challenges when conducting remote video oral arguments. This panel discussed their experiences including how well their remote video argument worked, preparation issues, and highlight any technical glitches they faced.
Lights, Cameras, Motion!: Act II
In the second of a series of webinars exploring how state courts can continue to maintain access to justice through remote hearings, speakers will dive further into some of the operational details. Topics will include software security, procedures for introducing evidence, and considerations for language access and self-represented litigants. This webinar is free and open to the entire court community.
Lights, Cameras, Motion!
The pandemic has severely limited the number and types of in-person judicial proceedings that can be heard. Many courts are maintaining access to justice by conducting hearings remotely.
This webinar, presented by CCJ-COSCA’s Pandemic Rapid Response Team, provided the information needed to move quickly to establish remote hearings. Attendees heard directly from state court leaders who have already implemented remote hearings, as well as from judges who are already conducting them.
