Title: Public Access to Court Records

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Court Technology Lab. National Center for State Courts

URL: http://www.courtaccess.org/

Date Checked: 3/30/2004      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 3/30/2004

Topics: Constitutional Law; Legal Profession; Science And Technology

Other keywords: Privacy; Electronic Case Filing; Case Management; CM/ECF

Contents: Developed in 2000 by the Court Technology Lab of the National Center for State Courts, the Public Access to Court Records site is an information clearinghouse dedicated to exploring the topic of public access to court records. As courts improve and expand their court information systems and put more information on the Internet, the public policy debate over privacy concerns is growing. This site contains white papers, hyperlinks, articles, and other writings from both legal and technological perspectives which address this issue. Visitors may also browse information on public access to state and federal government records on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. Researchers will appreciate the oft-updated original content, especially the legal white papers and memorandum, but will notice the lack of a search function. Most of the material is in PDF.

Author of Annotation: B. Kreisler