NJ Supreme Court to Webcast Oral Arguments
As reported by newsday.com:
It won't have the flair and chatty commentary of Court TV, but anyone with a computer, Windows Media player software and good Internet connection will get to see gavel-to-gavel action of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Starting at 10 a.m. Monday, oral arguments before the seven-justice court will be webcast over the World Wide Web. The first scheduled arguments concern what documents are covered by the state's Open Public Records Act.
Webcast arguments will be carried live and archived for 30 days, officials said. Renovations done last summer for safety reasons enabled court officials to install at the rear of the courtroom seven sound-actived cameras _ one trained on each justice. Behind Chief Justice Deborah Poritz are two more cameras, one focused on where lawyers arguing before the court typically stand, and the other providing a wide-angle view of the courtroom. Court officials say the webcast will be helpful to law students, judges whose rulings are on appeal and lawyers involved in cases with similar issues before the court. The webcast also will benefit the general public, which rarely gets a glimpse of New Jersey's highest state court on the bench. The 62-seat courtroom can fill up quickly, denying some people the opportunity to observe cases they're interested in. According to the National Center for State Courts, 12 state supreme courts air their proceedings over radio, television or the Internet, with 10 using webcasts. ___
On the Net: www.judiciary.state.nj.us
Webcast arguments will be carried live and archived for 30 days, officials said. Renovations done last summer for safety reasons enabled court officials to install at the rear of the courtroom seven sound-actived cameras _ one trained on each justice. Behind Chief Justice Deborah Poritz are two more cameras, one focused on where lawyers arguing before the court typically stand, and the other providing a wide-angle view of the courtroom. Court officials say the webcast will be helpful to law students, judges whose rulings are on appeal and lawyers involved in cases with similar issues before the court. The webcast also will benefit the general public, which rarely gets a glimpse of New Jersey's highest state court on the bench. The 62-seat courtroom can fill up quickly, denying some people the opportunity to observe cases they're interested in. According to the National Center for State Courts, 12 state supreme courts air their proceedings over radio, television or the Internet, with 10 using webcasts. ___
On the Net: www.judiciary.state.nj.us
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