Most courts’ websites have been thought, designed and built at the end of the last century and lack the appeal and level of content and interaction people are now expecting from websites. For many of CCCT-CCTJ’s stakeholders, the website is the first impression, and for some, the last, they get from the judicial system. In other words, websites should be used to showcase public access by providing the information that stakeholders are looking for.
The Court Website IWG is developing a guide providing best practices for the development and maintenance of a court website. It will focus on suggesting the ideal platform while providing a default layout identifying the content which should be found on such a site as well as the way in which it should be organised.
The mandate of this IWG could eventually be extended to develop a similar guide for the implementation of a court intranet to manage internal information for the benefit of the judges and court staff.
Interested in joining the Canadian Court Websites IWG? Have questions or comments?
Please contact the Intelleader Patrick Cormier (biography) for more information.
On this Topic:
Resources – RFP Evaluation Criteria
Slaw, March 6, 2011
Resources – Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
Slaw, March 4, 2011
Recommendations 5 and 6: Site Features (Keep It Simple) and Publication of Information (Make It Simple)
Slaw, March 2, 2011
Recommendations 3 and 4: Content, Search, Navigation & Taxonomies – Keep It Simple
Slaw, February 28, 2011
Recommendations 1 and 2: Use a WCMS
Slaw, February 26, 2011
Some Complexities Underlying Court Web Sites – The Administrative Control of Court Web Sites
Slaw, February 24, 2011
Some Complexities Underlying Court Web Sites – Privacy v. Public Access to Court Information
Slaw, February 21, 2011
Some Complexities Underlying Court Web Sites – Copyright & Licensing
Slaw, February 18, 2011
Court Web Site Guidelines – Principles 10 and 11 (Viability, Simplicity)
Slaw, September 1, 2010
Court Web Site Guidelines – Principles 7, 8 and 9 (Bilinguism, Accessibility, Interactivity)
Slaw, August 25, 2010
Court Web Site Guidelines – Principles 4, 5 and 6 (Notification, Content, Security)
Slaw, August 20, 2010
What Principles Should Guide the Design of Court Web Sites?
Slaw, August 17, 2010
Guidelines for Canadian Court Web Sites
Slaw, January 21, 2010
