As of the end of June, 2020, Michigan’s 54B District Court had resolved over 6,500 parking and traffic citations, warrants, and pleas online. Congratulations!
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In the News: Texas Court’s Resilience comes from Online Access
Farmers Branch Municipal Court in Texas launched its system for online traffic and warrant adjudication in January 2018. Since that time, people have used its online platform to resolve over 5,000 cases.
The platform was invaluable when the court was closed in Spring of 2020. Kevin Barrett, Court Administrator, wrote about the experience in the June 2020 issue of The Scribe, Texas Court Clerks Association Newsletter.
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WOODTV: Online Dispute Resolution keeps Small Claims out of Court
May 28, 2020 – WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan covered the expansion of the MI-Resolve online dispute resolution program to the Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan. View the video.
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Michigan’s MI-Resolve ODR an Outside the Box Strategy (Transcript)
May 19, 2020 – Doug Van Epps presented on MI-Resolve ODR at the “Expanding Court Operations II: Outside the Box Strategies.” Van Epps is the Director, Office of Dispute Resolution at the Michigan Supreme Court. Over 2,000 people registered for the event, which was hosted by the National Center for State Courts. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack moderated the event.
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Fort Collins Municipal Court now offers Red-Light Camera Citation Resolution Online
Congratulations to the Fort Collins Municipal Court for extending access to the court online. They launched the option for motorists to request that their red-light violation be reviewed online in April, 2020.
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Online Court Q&A #3 – Family and Domestic Cases
Read the interview for Online Courts Questions and Answers with Matterhorn #3. Tracy McElroy, Pinal County (Arizona) Family Conciliation Services Director discusses the Superior Court of Arizona’s online platform for family and domestic cases.
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Research Webinar Materials: Outcome disparities in the age of online courts
On Tuesday March 24, 2020, researchers Orna Rabinovich-Einy and Avital Mentovich of the University of Haifa presented their research on online courts in the US. View the video and read the study.
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Online Courts Research Webinar: March 24, 2020 2PM Eastern
“Are disparities in court outcomes inevitable? Empirical insights from Online courts” on March 24, 2020 at 2PM Eastern Time. We will talk with Orna Rabinovich-Einy and Avital Mentovich from the University of Haifa. They will discuss their research on online courts in the US.
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Matterhorn is Six!
Six years ago today, Court Innovations launched. Founded at the University of Michigan Law School with Prof. J.J. Prescott, our mission has always been to support our courts with technology and to assist people with their court obligations.
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ODR Podcast: Citizen-Centered Court Tech
Matterhorn was proud to talk about online dispute resolution and online case resolution in episode four of equivant’s podcast Scaling Justice.
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