Ninth grade students at Aurora High School were studying “To Kill a Mockingbird” when their English teacher, Natalie Staroska, contacted the Hamilton County District Court for a potential mock trial demonstration. District Court Judge Rachel Daugherty received the inquiry and knew that the Aurora...

Judicial Branch Education held the Appellate Courts’ Spring Education Meeting on Monday, February 12, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College Of Law. Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, their law clerks, staff attorneys and Reporter’s office employees took part in the all-day...

The Nebraska Supreme Court has approved changes to the templates for citations used in county court, effective January 1, 2019. The changes to §6-1463 and Appendix 5 citations include: transition to electronic citations where possible; transition to standard-sized paper for all citations...

The County Court Records Retention Schedule – Schedule 18 – has recently been updated. This court-specific schedule should be used in conjunction with the state agency schedule, which covers general office documents, like checks and receipts. Court staff is asked to review the retention schedules to...

The 5th Judicial District Problem-Solving Court, serving York County, held its second graduation ceremony and celebration on February 12, 2018, in the York County District Courtroom in York, Nebraska. Presiding Problem-Solving Court Judge James Stecker hosted the ceremony. The 5th Judicial District...

Lancaster County Joins Three Nebraska JDAI Sites Lancaster County recently underwent a system assessment through the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) with the assistance of representatives through the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The system assessment gathers both qualitative and...

Members from the Second and Ninth Judicial District Reentry Court Teams traveled to Kansas City, Missouri, on February 1, 2018, to conduct a site visit of the Western District of Missouri Federal Reentry Court. During the visit Judges Teresa Luther, Stefanie Martinez, and James Doyle, along with...

A swearing-in ceremony for Kerry Sides as Clerk Magistrate of Lincoln County Court was held February 16, 2018, in the Lincoln County Courthouse in North Platte, Nebraska. Judges Kent Turnbull and Michael Piccolo presided over the ceremony. Sides has previous experience with the courts having worked...

Teresa (Terri) A. Brown will retire as Nebraska Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals/ Supreme Court Staff Attorney on March 2, 2018. Brown added clerk’s duties to her existing Supreme Court Staff Attorney duties in mid-July 2014. Brown started her career with the Supreme Court in 1987 as...

Judicial Branch Education has been offering an intense instructional training session for those who provide staff and judge education for the past 11 years. The success of the program has warranted expansion to all administrative staff who are slated to provide instruction at upcoming meetings...