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James E. McMillan joined the National Center for State Courts in October, 1990 and currently directs the Court Technology Laboratory and assists with the Courtroom 21 project in conjunction with the William and Mary School of Law.  These projects have received over two million dollars in computer hardware, software, and other technologies for demonstration to courts and interested parties.  In the first 12 years in existence, more than 1,000 visits from courts in 50 states, more than 70 foreign nations have been held in the CTL.  Over 10,000 persons have viewed remote CTL presentations.  In November 2000, the TIES-CTL project received the State Justice Institute’s Howell Heflin outstanding project award.

In addition, McMillan serves as senior faculty for the Institute for Court Management, and has provided technical assistance for numerous trial and appellate courts including the United States Supreme Court, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Maine, and Mississippi Supreme Courts, and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.  Internationally McMillan has consulted with courts in the Bahamas, Egypt, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation and for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal.  McMillan currently provides leadership in the effort to create Electronic Filing and XML electronic document systems.  The inCounter Open Source E-filing System project is a recent addition to this work.

Before joining the National Center, McMillan directed information services for the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts, where he automated the state supreme court, administrative office of the courts, court of appeals, superior courts, limited jurisdiction courts, juvenile courts, and probation departments. 

McMillan previously held positions with the US Department of Justice and the Los Angeles Superior Court.  He has been a keynote speaker at the Fifth National Court Technology Conference and a lecturer for the National Judicial College, University of Southern California Judicial Administration Program, Smithsonian Associates, and many other national and international court, law, and technology interest groups.  McMillan received his BA in government from New Mexico State University and an MPA with a specialization in judicial administration from the University of Southern California.

McMillan is co-author of A Guidebook for Electronic Court Filing and a contributing author to Caseflow Management: The Heart of Court Management in the New Millennium. He has been quoted by PC Week, The New York Times, American Lawyer, AmLaw Tech, Lawyer's Weekly, Government Technology and other magazines.  He has also published articles in The National Law Journal, Court Manager, Trial, The Judges Journal and The Court Technology Bulletin.

Jim can be contacted at: jmcmillan@ncsc.dni.us or via telephone at 757-259-1839.

The Court Technology Laboratory project is currently in it's 13th year in operation.  In November, 2000 the Lab along with it's partner project, the Technology Information Service were presented the Howell Heflin outstanding project award by the State Justice Institute.

We provide a wide range of educational programs in both our Williamsburg, Virginia Education and Technology Center or at your court or association location.  If you would like to learn more about our programs please give us a call at 757-259-1839 or e-mail us at ctl@ncsc.dni.us