NCACC Presentation Summaries – Annual Conference New Mexico 2025 – Interdisciplinary Panel- Federal, State, & Tribal Courts Summary  

by Kristen R. Edwards (NM) This is a summary of the interdisciplinary panel of judges and legal experts from various jurisdictions, including the Navajo Nation and Santa Ana Pueblo, who discussed collaboration between federal, state, and tribal courts.  The panelists were: Megan Scanlon (VA Moderator); Hon. Timothy Tymkovich (10th Cir. COA); Hon. C.J. David K. Thomson

NCACC Presentation Summaries – Annual Conference New Mexico 2025 – Access to Justice Presentation

by Paul Tuttle (MA) Conference attendees were treated to a compelling discussion on expanding access to justice. The panel, moderated by John Tomasino (FL), featured Hon. C. Shannon Bacon, New Mexico Supreme Court Justice; Torri A. Jacobus, Director of Statewide Equity, Inclusion, and Justice at the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts; Grace Spulak, Principal Court Management Consultant

NCACC Presentation Summaries – Annual Conference New Mexico 2025 – Artificial Intelligence: Insights from Prof. David Rubenstein

by Daniel Brubaker (MI) Professor Rubenstein began by explaining that the adoption of AI in the workplace is evolving from a personal choice to a professional necessity—and it may soon become unavoidable. He reminded us that AI primarily functions as a statistical pattern identifier – it is essentially a predictive tool that anticipates the next

2024 National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks Fifty-first Annual Meeting

Burlington, Vermont – Sunday August 4, 2024 through Thursday, August 8, 2024 Call to Order President Jenny Kitchings (SC) called the 51st Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks to order at 1:25 p.m. on Sunday, August 4, 2024. She welcomed everyone to the conference. President Kitchings thanked the outstanding Executive Committee members and

Auction Time!

By Sherry Williamson (TX) We will be holding the Silent/Live Auction again on Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2025, at the 52nd Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We all remember what a wonderful time we had last year! I would like to encourage everyone to bring an item for the auction. It does not have

Save the Date!

Grab your boots and cowboy hats and join us for our 53rd annual conference and meeting in Austin, Texas, August 2nd – 6th, 2026.  Our meeting will be held at The Line Hotel on beautiful Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin. There is so much to do and see in Texas’s Capitol city, as seen on the Visit Austin website. We

Scholarship Applications – 52nd Annual Meeting Albuquerque, New Mexico August 3-7, 2025

If lack of funding could prevent you from attending the annual meeting held in Albuquerque this year, please consider applying for a scholarship.  Scholarship funds are awarded as a means of promoting attendance at annual meetings of the NCACC by members who would otherwise be unable to attend.  Scholarship money may be used to pay for transportation