This article looks at how assisting pro se litigants helps the many individuals who decide to pursue this path and can help improve the clerk of court’s functional efficiency—and maybe even solve some space problems when courthouse planning.

Transitioning from a traditional office to an open office environment that fosters collaboration and mobility can be challenging. The Internet contains articles about organizations opening up innovative, colorful spaces with touchdown stations, huddle rooms, phone booths, and amenities such as...

The grand jury is an integral and essential component of the American judicial process. Unfortunately, providing appropriate accommodations for the grand jury is not a high priority in many existing courthouses. How does a courthouse demonstrate its recognition of the grand jury’s importance? And...

Today, telecommuters can be as productive as office workers if they have the proper technology setup. With the current devices, connections, and online tools, remote workers can do it all from home, the car, or the beach. What are the devices remote workers need to be successful?

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In courthouses where electronic case filing (ECF) has been implemented, the once bustling clerk of court intake area has become a mere shadow of its former self – but not in a bad way. Can electronic case filing (ECF) similarly alter the clerk’s intake area in your courthouse?