Converting a court to CM/ECF is only one part of implementing the new system. Training attorneys and their staffs offers its own trials. We visit a bankruptcy court (W.D. Ky.) to learn how the clerk’s office tackled the challenge. A Moment in Court History spotlights two legal pioneers— the first female attorney admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, and the publisher of the most successful legal newspaper in the late 1800s. Helping other countries develop their judiciaries is another way that U.S. court personnel further the rule of law. Four clerks of court discuss their experiences in Iraq, Russia, Serbia, Zambia, and Chile in programs funded by other government agencies and private organizations.
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