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State Court Administrative Office outlines court modernization work projects, ARPA backlog effort and statewide case‑management progress

3185422 · May 1, 2025
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Trevor Van Dyke, deputy general counsel for the Michigan Supreme Court, summarized current work projects managed by the State Court Administrative Office, including a judicial workload assessment, a statewide case‑management conversion, a court data transparency project and ARPA‑funded backlog work.

Trevor Van Dyke, deputy general counsel for the Michigan Supreme Court, briefed the Appropriations Subcommittee — Corrections on a list of work projects administered through the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO), including modernization initiatives and timeframes for completion.

Van Dyke said the work projects include a judicial workload assessment using a weighted caseload model (a constitutional responsibility to inform judicial staffing), a three‑year administrative benchbook project for court administrators, an ongoing statewide judicial case‑management system conversion and a Michigan Statewide Court Data Transparency Project scheduled through 09/30/2028.

"Michigan's trial courts previously used 20 different case management systems and 150 different computer systems,"…

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