Hackathon
September 30, 2015
The National Center for State Courts is hosting a hackathon in the Salt Lake area November 14-15. This is a great opportunity for students to come up with creative solutions, and the cash prizes provide additional incentives.
A hackathon brings together tech people and subject matter experts to try to solve persistent problems with technology. This hackathon is targeting the courts who have been slow adopters of technology. We have four areas of focus:
Accountability: reporting and monitoring of guardianship assignments for red flag behaviour. Using predictive analytics based on cases that have gone wrong will help courts focus their resources before disaster strikes.
Online Efficiency: streamlining rote court transactions like paying parking fines, applying for permits, etc. Sometimes the public just wants easier, more convenient ways to transact business with the court, when Justice with a capital J is not involved.
Responsiveness: the need for legal speed: dispatch of emergency protective orders / remote hearings. Speeding up the flow of court information to and from the public and the court’s justice system partners is key to personal and public safety.
Wildcard*: this is the ‘blue skies’ creative category containing any projects that don’t neatly fit elsewhere
Details including prizing and sponsors can be found at: