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Courts Are Seeing More Use of Social Media By Judges and Courts

By Cleveland Law Library

A study I reviewed today from the Conference of Court Public Information Officers (CCPIO) indicates that judges and courts are seeing more use of social media by jurors and others appearing in their courtrooms. A link for the survey can be found on the home page of the CCPIO website or in the September 15th issue of FYI from ohiojudges.org. Some of the media judges and jurors are using include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, iphones, blogs, etc. Not only are a surprisingly high percentatge of judges using these utilities in their personal lives, but some courts are even creating forums using these tools to distribute court information. The survey underlying the report concludes that these numbers will increase and recommends that courts and judicial associations develop online resources, best practices and other tools to "maintain the delicate balance between free speech and open access to courts on one side and fair trial issues on the other."

Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on October 05, 2010 (boomark / email).