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Media Resources

The purpose of this resource page is to assist journalists covering the courts by providing news, background materials and helpful links about the Judicial Branch.

General Information

Overview of the Nebraska Court System (Citizen’s Guide to State Courts)
Glossary of Legal Terms
Holidays and Business Hours

 

“How to” Guides for Press and Public

Appellate Courts

Citizen's Guide to the Nebraska Appellate Courts

Trial Courts

Protection Orders (Designed for Pro Se Litigants)
Small Claims Court (Designed for Pro Se Litigants)
Simple Divorce (Designed for Pro Se Litigants)

 

Rules on Media Coverage of Courts

Nebraska Bar-Press Guidelines
Media Coverage of Supreme Court & Court of Appeals(Practice & Procedure Rule 17)
Media Coverage of Trial Courts (Practice & Procedure Rule 18)

 

Judges' Limitations on Public Comment

Nebraska Code of Judicial Conduct: CANON 3 (B)(9)
Memo to Editors and News Directors Regarding Public Comment by Judges (June 2007)

 

Links:

Workers’ Compensation Court
Federal Court System
Nebraska State Bar Association
Nebraska Bar Foundation
National Center for State Courts
American Bar Association
American Judicature Society

Contact Information

Public Information Officer
Janet Bancroft
P.O. Box 98910
State Capitol Bldg.
Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone (402) 471-3205
Fax (402) 471-2197
jbancroft@nsc.state.ne.us



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