National Center for State Courts

 

Improving Justice through Leadership
and Service to the Courts

      

  

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By

James E. McMillan
Sr. Technology Associate
Director,  Court Technology Laboratory
National Center for State Courts

J. Douglas Walker
Acting Director of Technology
National Center for State Courts

Lawrence P. Webster
Director of Administrative Office of the Courts, Delaware
(formerly, Executive Director of Court Technology Programs, National Center for State Courts)

 

through a sponsorship grant by West Group to the National Center for State Courts

Copyright 1998, 1999
West Group, Inc. and
National Center for State Courts
ISBN 0-314-23340-7

 

A Guidebook for Electronic Court Filing PDF (1,332 KB)

Click on the links below for each chapter of the Guidebook (PDF).

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Selling the Idea
Chapter 3 - Court Rules
Chapter 4 - Management and Policy Issues
Chapter 5 - Court Workflow
Chapter 6 - Technology Infrastructure
Chapter 7 - Budget Planning
Chapter 8 - Implementation
Chapter 9 - Summary
Appendix A - Article on Hampshire E-Mail Project
Appendix B - Rule Summary by Category
Appendix C - Rule Summary by State
Appendix D - Data Elements for Initial Filings in Civil Cases
Appendix E - Sample Court Rules