Orange County Grand Jury Seeks Applicants
The Orange County Superior Court is actively seeking residents from throughout Orange County who want to make a difference in their community to apply for service on the next Grand Jury. The one-year term begins July 1, 2015.
Applications and more information are available online at www.ocgrandjury.org. Completed applications must be received by January 23, 2015. Read More Here
Pooled Court Reporter Coverage for Civil Courtrooms
Santa Ana, CA – Effective February 2, 2015, all 24 civil courtrooms, including the civil
complex courtrooms, will shift from one-to-one assignment of court reporters to civil
courtrooms for all hearings to a system where court reporters are assigned to a courtroom as
needed for trials and evidentiary hearings only. Official court reporters (i.e., court reporters
employed by the Court) will only be provided for trials and matters in which oral evidence will
be presented. Read More Here
Veterans Treatment Court Designated as National Mentor Court
Santa
Ana, CA – The Orange County Veterans Treatment Court, which is convened
at the Community Court in Santa Ana, has been designated a Mentor
Court, one of only four in the country, by Justice for Vets and the
National Drug Court Institute (NDCI), in collaboration with the Bureau
of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice. The Veterans
Treatment Court, which is under the direction of Superior Court Judge
Joe Perez, is an intensive therapeutic program designed to treat
military service veterans who are involved in the criminal justice
system, and who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, substance
addiction, or other psychological problems arising from their military
service.
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