Division of State Court Administration
Division Departments
 

Court Management & Statistics
The collection of statistical information about the operation of Indiana's courts and their offices is a central responsibility of the Division of State Court Administration. The Division collects and publishes information on the caseload and fiscal activities of all courts and probation offices throughout the state. This data provides the empirical basis for policy decisions by both the Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana General Assembly and provides important management information for individual courts. GO
 
Trial Court Technology (JTAC)
The Division of State Court Administration and the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) are currently working to define and establish standards for trial court case management systems. The standards currently under development update the work previously done with the Automated Information Management System (AIMS) project, and will establish system requirements consistent with a 21st century case management system. A draft of the standards is now available. Concurrently with the updating of standards, consideration is also being given to accepting proposals from vendors for a large-scale consolidated case management system that could be implemented in trial courts throughout the state. To learn more about this process please visit our Public Notice of Contracting Opportunities section of our website. GO
 
Court Services
Court Services manages the payroll and benefit programs for all state trial court judges, prosecuting attorneys, and other judicial officials paid with state funds, approximately seven hundred individuals. Court Services also prepares the orders appointing senior and special judges and processes and pays in excess of 3,500 claims for special and senior judge service each year.  Court Services provides legal resources to the Supreme Court through the handling of attorney disciplinary cases. GO
 
Information Management
Information Management was established to oversee the creation, maintenance, access, and disposal of court records. The section also is charged with the administration of a series of Administrative Rules, including Rule 6 (microfilming), Rule 7 (retention schedules), and Rule 9 (confidentiality).  Information Management personnel travel throughout Indiana providing assistance to clerks and judges with records retention, disposal, access and preservation, micrographic/electronic/copier technologies, confidentiality and protective order issues, and court security. GO
 
Committees & Commissions Staffed by the Division
The Division provides staff services to many Supreme Court Committees and Commissions. View a list of all statewide judicial committees, including those staffed by the Division. GO

Judicial Qualifications / Nomination
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications was created to provide a forum for citizens' complaints against judges and afford the means by which standards of judicial conduct are enforced. The Commission comprises lawyers and lay citizens who receive and investigate allegations of judicial misconduct and make recommendations of censure or removal. GO
 
Senior Judges
The Senior Judge program was created to allow Indiana courts to use the services of retired or former judges to supplement existing judicial resources.  Courts use senior judges as a replacement in the absence of a regular judge, as a complement to the regular judge or to oversee the processing of certain types of cases or court programs.  The Division of State Court Administration is responsible for administering the Senior Judge Program. GO
 
Indiana Conference on Legal Education (CLEO)
Indiana CLEO assists minority, low income and educationally disadvantaged college graduates in pursuing a law degree at Indiana schools and a career in the Indiana legal community. Chief Justice Randall Shepard chairs the Indiana CLEO Advisory Committee and oversees the Division of State Court Administration staff in coordinating the Indiana CLEO program. Jana Matthews serves as the Indiana CLEO coordinator. GO
 
Office of Guardian Ad Litem / Court Appointed Special Advocates (GAL/CASA)
Guardians ad Litem (GAL) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are trained community volunteers who speak up for children who find themselves, through no fault of their own, involved in the juvenile justice system. Pursuant to statute, the Indiana Office of GAL/CASA, which provides financial as well as technical support to the local programs, is part of the Division of State Court Administration. The GAL/CASA website will provide you with more information about the program and how you might become involved in your own community. GO
 
Public Defender Commission
The Indiana Public Defender Commission recommends standards for indigent defense in capital cases, adopts guidelines of salary and fee schedules for individual county reimbursement eligibility, and reviews and approves requests for reimbursement in capital cases.  In addition, the Commission adopts guidelines and standards for county reimbursement eligibility in non-capital cases. The Division of State Court Administration provides administrative support and services for the Commission. GO
   
 
Last modified on Thursday, June, 28, 2007