This is the twenty-sixth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Clark County Circuit Court #4 Judge Vicki Carmichael is our judge featured in this issue. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University Southeast and her law degree from the University of Louisville. Following graduation from law school, she worked in the Office of Clark … [Read more...] about Hon. Vicki Carmichael
Columns
Using INcite to Collect & Connect Juvenile Data
Statistical Reporting Statistics about juvenile delinquency cases are a key part of the annual Indiana Judicial Service Report and Indiana Probation Report. Published by the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration (Division), the reports reflect detailed court-by-court data on judicial caseloads, general court finances and probation information. The case data is submitted to the Division t … [Read more...] about Using INcite to Collect & Connect Juvenile Data
Paid Per Ticket: Not a Wise Judicial Pay Arrangement
So now that I have your attention—no, I’m not talking about bribery or ticket fixing. Rather, the subject of this article is judicial pay arrangements which are based on some factor other than an annual fixed salary, e.g. paid per traffic ticket filed in or disposed of by the court. While the purpose of such pay arrangements may not be nefarious, such pay measures equally damage the public’s confidence in the neutr … [Read more...] about Paid Per Ticket: Not a Wise Judicial Pay Arrangement
Hon. Phillip I. Adler
This is the twenty-fifth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Vigo County Superior Court Judge Phillip I. Adler is our judge featured in this issue. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington. Following graduation from law school, he accepted a position with a large Terre Haute law firm. In 1975, he was … [Read more...] about Hon. Phillip I. Adler
Gaining INcite into Tax Warrants
Since 2007, when the Indiana Supreme Court made a commitment to bring modern technology to Indiana’s courts and the clerks who serve them, it has sponsored the development of more than twenty information sharing, custom applications in INcite, the court’s information technology extranet connecting over 20,000 registered users. One of these applications automated the burdensome transmittal of tax warrants. Prior to thi … [Read more...] about Gaining INcite into Tax Warrants