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17th Judicial Circuit Virtual Jury Trial Initiative
17th Judicial Circuit Virtual Jury Trial Initiative
On May 11th, The 17th Judicial Circuit hosted a Circuit Civil Mock Jury Zoom Trial in partnership with ABOTA’s Fort Lauderdale Chapter. Due to current COVID-19 Crisis and the rising demand to keep the courts running remotely, The 17th Circuit has been experimenting with running Jury Trials Remotely, via ZOOM. This is The 17th’s third Mock Jury Zoom Trial in its: Virtual Jury Trial Initiative.
Below are the YouTube links to all 3 Mock Jury Zoom Trials:
Circuit Civil Mock Jury Zoom Trial, Partnered with ABOTA – 05/11/2020
County Criminal Mock Jury Zoom Trial – 05/06/2020
1st Circuit Civil Mock Jury Zoom Trial – 04/14/2020
Supporting Mental Health Awareness Month by Virtual Hug Video
Coronavirus – Covid-19 and the Seventeenth Circuit
Join Us Tomorrow at City Hall
Cannabis Cards in the Courts
Dependency Division 31 with Judge Africk-Olefson and Magistrate Plant recently hosted a standing room-only “Cannabis Cards and the Courts” lunch and learn session, featuring a 4-person panel of experts in the field. Medical marijuana doctors, researchers, substance testing, dispensaries, law and legislation were all topics of the two-hour discussion.