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Increased Efficiencies Will Promote Public Service And Access To Justice

The Eighth Judicial District Court assumed responsibility for the court clerk functions of the court today (Jan. 16) as part of a planned transition announced last year. The change allows the court to unite court clerk functions into its new case management system.

“Today we mark a milestone in the history of the court,” said Chief Judge Kathy Hardcastle. “Our efforts to improve access to justice will expand as the court makes its court clerk partners full members of the court team.”

Last year the Nevada Supreme Court authorized the Eighth Judicial District Court to assume its inherent authority and duty to supervise its own operations and administer the court clerk functions as an essential task of the District Court.

For many years court clerks have provided invaluable service to the Eighth Judicial District Court under the administration of the Clark County Clerk. The move to incorporate clerk functions under the administration of the court increases efficiencies while returning accountability of the clerk function to the judiciary. “We are pleased to finally say our partners are now full members of the court team,” said Court Executive Officer Chuck Short.

“In the past, court clerks have enabled the District Court to implement many improvements, such as electronic filing of documents and the electronic scanning and storage of documents,” said Hardcastle. “The court will continue to rely on the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of the court clerk employees to improve court functions and procedures.”

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