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The World's 10 Best Court Web Sites

By Robert J. Ambrogi

For the 11th year running, Justice Served announced its annual awards for the Top 10 Court Websites in the world. Justice Served is a consulting firm that provides services and training to courts in management and technology. It looked at thousands of court Web sites and evaluated them based on criteria that included their functionality, ease of use and appearance. In evaluating functionality, Justice Served gives higher grades to sites that allow users to perform court business online, without having to appear in person at the courthouse. It gives "extra credit" to sites that are geared toward the public, as opposed to attorneys or other regular users of court services. Based on these criteria, this year's best court sites are: Superior Court of California, County of Orange, cited for its "terrific organization and navigation." Colorado State Judicial Branch, described as a site where "e-court functionality is front and center." State Court of Chatham County Georgia, a site "chock-full with e-dockets, e-tickets, e-fines and even e-probation." Singapore Subordinate Courts, a site whose features include e-ADR. Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, noted for its "particularly useful restraining and protective order content." Courts Service of Ireland, a site that not...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).