Tag Archives: Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
AOPC releases annual ‘State of the Commonwealth’s Courts’ report
Limited funding and a lack of knowledge. These are the two greatest challenges that Pennsylvania courts have to overcome these days, at least in the eyes of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille. The jurist who sits at the … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court forms task force to address elder abuse
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has created an Elder Law Task Force charged with studying the growing problems involved with guardianship, abuse and neglect, and access to justice involving the commonwealth’s senior citizens according to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. … Read More
Pa. Chief Justice reminds lawyers to offer pro bono services for civil legal aid
Pennsylvania’s top jurist is calling on the commonwealth’s 70,000-plus licensed lawyers to engage in pro bono service in support of the state’s legal aid programs. Supreme Court Justice Ronald D. Castille recently drafted a letter alongside Tom Wilkinson, the president … Read More
Convicted Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin resigns from bench
Joan Orie Melvin, the disgraced Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice recently convicted on corruption charges, has resigned her seat on the high court. The announcement, made by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, comes after Orie Melvin was convicted by an … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court appoints new executive director of IOLTA board
A Harrisburg attorney has been tapped by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve as the second-ever executive director of the Interest on Lawyers Trust Account board, the high court recently announced. Stephanie S. Libhart will replace the board’s first executive … Read More
Pa. courts took in $469 million in 2012, AOPC announces
Figures released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts this week show that statewide revenue taken in by the courts reached nearly a half billion dollars in 2012. Magisterial district courts and Common Pleas criminal courts collected and disbursed to … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court unveils new interactive website feature, claims first-in-the-nation status
Pennsylvania’s high court announced this week that it has implemented a new interactive website feature that gives members of the public, judges and child care professionals a comprehensive look at the demographics of the commonwealth’s abused and neglected children who … Read More
Pa. judges, including five from Phila., sue over mandatory judicial retirement age
A handful of Pennsylvania trial court judges, including four Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jurists, are challenging the state’s mandatory retirement age for judges. The six judges filed suit in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court on Nov. 14, alleging that the provision in … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court expands fiscal disclosure policy
Pennsylvania’s high court has instituted a rules change that will allow for the posting online of expenditure and personnel salary and compensation information. In a Nov. 8 news release by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the state Supreme Court … Read More
Civil court forms now offered in multiple languages, AOPC announces
The state judiciary will now be offering protection from abuse forms in multiple languages to assist families experiencing domestic problems that are not proficient in English, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts announced this week. “The new forms underscore the … Read More