WEST VIRGINIA COURT TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT
TASK LIST*

    1.    Manage videoconferencing technology
        a.    Access between court users
            1)    video initial and pretrial appearances
            2)    habeas corpus proceedings
            3)    probation officer interviews with prisoners
            4)    domestic violence petitions from domestic violence shelter
        b.    Access to outside entities
            1)    lawyers
                a)    video appearances pretrial
                b)    expert witnesses pretrial and trial
                c)    video depositions from remote locations
                d)    settlement conferences
                e)    videoconferencing with clients in jails and prisons by Public Defenders and
                    appointed counsel
        c.    Training
            1)    court personnel [magistrates; magistrate assistants and clerks; family law masters and staff; judges' secretaries; probation officers]
            2)    Public Defenders; law clerks; continuing legal and judicial education
            3)    Correctional officers; bailiffs and court security personnel

    2.    Manage statewide court internet and intranet access
        a.    Host court web pages
        b.    Host court personnel's E-mail
        c.    Host court personnel's internet access
        d.    Manage remote servers and client computers from a central location
        e.    Collect and analyze data from circuit and magistrate clerks
        f.    Determine access to outside entities to court data and docket information
            1)    lawyers and Public Defenders offices
            2)    DHHR personnel in child support; abuse and neglect and juvenile matters
        g.    Manage electronic filing of court documents and digital signature authentication

    3.    Manage public access to court proceedings, dockets and other information and data
        a.    Streaming audio and video of court proceedings
        b.    Student access from grade schools to the Law School
        c.    Access by the general public to court documents and proceedings
        d.    Juror access to scheduling information via the internet and E-mail in addition to dial-in messages
        e.    Crime victim access to court information and schedules
        f.    Subpoenaed witness access to court information and schedules
        g.    Pro se forms and other forms

* excerpted from the “Final Report” of the Commission on the Future of the West Virginia Judiciary