Over the past 15 years, the use of evidence presentation systems (EPS) has become commonplace in courtrooms of every size and type around the country. The expanded use of this technology has greatly benefited trial proceedings but successfully incorporating the technology into a courtroom can...

There is quite a bit of debate right now about the best office design. In recent years, the trend has been toward open and collaborative workspaces (with many managers requesting the “Google layout”) but there is also a dissenting faction that believes that a traditional environment is far more...

Anyone seeing the façade of just about any major courthouse in any U.S. city would recognize the significant impact of architectural inspiration in the design and construction of these buildings. Classic Jeffersonian, Romanesque, neoclassical, Italianate, Mediterranean, contemporary, art deco – the...

A sustained increase in court caseload often means that more judges are needed to hear the cases, which results in a need for more courtrooms. For courts that are already fully-staffed, the only solution is an expansion to the current building or a brand new courthouse – options that don’t...

The courthouse is, first and foremost, a symbol of the rule of law as the basic tenet of the American system of government. It also serves a more functional role as a day-to-day workplace for judges, attorneys, and support staff. But a third and equally critical role played by the courthouse is...