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State Courts E-Filing Patchwork Frustrates Lawyers
The National Law Journal Reports via Law.com: Cook County, IL is one of many U.S. counties, including San Diego in California and Kings in New York, that hasn't kept pace with 21st century technological advances that have enabled electronic systems to come to some state courts, such as Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona and the district courts of Harris County in Texas.

Those highly wired courts -- along with the nearly 10-year-old federal electronic system called Pacer -- have set a higher standard for electronic access and are drawing other state courts, such as those in Illinois, Florida and California, toward technological benefits.

The different approaches taken by the states have created a patchwork of systems across the country, with some almost completely online, others relying mainly on paper and many in between with general docket information, court calendars and rulings online. full story

Full post as published by Legal Dockets Online on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).