California court system ‘totally rocked’ its digital transformation

All new and archived court documents in the Marin County Superior Court were digitized, enabling documents to be shared digitally in hopes of enhancing the court’s transparency and speed. By January 31, 2024 A view looking toward San Francisco from Marin County, California. (Getty Images) A court system in the San Francisco Bay Area completed its transition earlier this month from outdated computer systems and relying on paper-based operations to services that are digital by default. The move to digitizing systems at the Marin County Superior Court intended to modernize the courts processes as well as increase public access to justice, the court Executive Officer James Kim said in an interview with StateScoop. “We really needed to digitize our records because that would provide meaningful access needed to the community here and then from the [court’s] strategy, we decided that, well, we also need a new system,” Kim said. The transition was also a bit of a practical matter. Located in San Rafael in the Marin County Civic Center, designed by prolific American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Kim said that the building’s sprinkler system wasn’t sufficient to protect the court’s records in the event of a fire. Advertisement As […]

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