A newly redesigned website has been launched by the State of Mississippi Judiciary that is mobile-ready, making court information easily accessible on smartphones and tablets.

Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. said in a press release Friday, “As more and more people rely upon mobile devices for access to the Internet it is necessary to adapt the judiciary’s website to better serve the public.”

The website, done in-house by staff of the Information Technology Department, is expected to provide easier searches for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal cases, said Supreme Court Director of Information Technology Daryl Wingo.

The site went live on Dec. 30 on a link, https://courts.ms.gov/Newsite2/index.php, at the top of the home page of the old website, www.courts.ms.gov. After users become familiar with the new layout, the new version will become the primary website. A link will be maintained for the old site for a few months.

The site includes information about the Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi Court of Appeals, state trial courts court rules, the Administrative Office of Courts, the State Law Library, Bar Admissions, the Board of Certified Court Reporters and the Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

 

Even though the website has a different look, it retains all of the features that regular site visitors use. Court opinions from the Mississippi Supreme Court are posted at 1:30 p.m. each Thursday except on holidays, and Court of Appeals are webcast live and are archived for review. Mississippi Electronic Courts provide Internet access to trial court records via a subscription service. General information about each level of the court system is also available.

The site provides access to all the current laws of the state through a link to the Mississippi Code. All rules of the state court system are available online. The catalog of the legal collections of the State Library is available. Annual Report of court statistics and administrative data back to 1996 are available on the website.