Virtual Court Room

A Virtual Court System… Justice on the Web Learning Team A Web-based case management is a direct result of today’s advanced technology. A large number of the court system’s lawyers, judges, legal administrators, and administrative support personnel are using cutting-edge word processors, electronic legal research, time and billing programs, and increasingly, varying forms of case management software. Web-based case management is the idea of the future. According to Lederer, “Modern case management requires systems that help courthouse personnel manage the flow of cases” (1999, p. 803). As of April 1998, the Courtroom 21 Project had verified eight state facilities and 32 federal facilities used some version of web-based case management. (p. 804). To assist the legal system and the general population with information on how to use the available technology, Courtroom 21 has implemented two programs, the Court Affiliates Program (CAP) and the Courtroom Information Project (CIP). The CAP are state, federal, and foreign courts seeking to apply useful, efficient, and economical courtroom and related technology to enhance the search for justice (Flythe, 2013, para. 3). The goal of the Court Affiliates Program is the exchange of accurate information. The Courtroom Information Project is designed to give courtroom participants the visual and technological information they need in preparing for trial in any participating courtroom in the United States by providing free public viewing of web-accessible photos and accompanying explanatory information about the nation 's courtroom (para. 4). This part of the projects deal with the visual media and the presentation. Web-based case management is an emerging trend that will benefit courtrooms across the judicial system.
Modern courtrooms are beginning to use advanced technology in court proceedings. More courtrooms are setting up video

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