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Judge Garcia-Wood Chosen as Judge of the Month by the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association
Judge Marina Garcia-Wood was honored as Judge of the Month for July by the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association. Her introduction and biography can be found here: https://browardhispanicbar.com/2020/07/01/judge-of-the-month-the-honorable-marina-garcia-wood/
Watch the full interview below.
The 17th Judicial Circuit Announces Creation of Virtual Courtrooms via Zoom
Although it is unknown when face to face courtroom activity will resume in the Seventeenth Circuit, we will be prepared with new virtual courtrooms which allow litigants, attorneys, and witnesses to appear via Zoom from a remote setting or in-person inside the courtroom. The circuit’s IT and Audio/Video departments have been hard at work developing a process to interface Zoom into technology that already exists in the courtrooms. When put to use, these virtual courtrooms will offer many advantages to seamlessly maintaining court dockets.
COURTHOUSES REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH JULY; REMOTE OPERATIONS UTILIZED
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:
