Courtroom Technology in the 21st Century
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1. AMX Touch Screen Routing Step by Step l Activate Panel The video display systems in the courtroom are controlled by programmable AMX touch screens System On If the system has been activated to enable a touch screen simply touch the screen to activate One touch will clear the black screen and bring up the St Mary s logo A second touch will enable interactive mode System Off System Setup If the system has not been activated an administrator password may be required Please contact St Mary s University staff for access 2 The Home screen This screen is the default screen where most interaction with the system will begin This screen provides the basic functionality for displaying evidence to the courtroom participants 3 Source Selection Screen Press Source Selection at the top of the home screen to bring up the Source Selection screen If no sources are active all the selections will be grayed out When an active source IS connected the courtroom the button for that source will become selectable 4 Activate Source Select the desired source Common options are the lectern counsel table document camera or DVD plaver Some sources may require an additional selection For example to select the document camera you must first select Rover then select Document Camera from the sub menu Once your source has been selected press Ok 5 Release to to Viewers This step allows the video provided2. David v Goliath B Butcher Paper Hard Copies amp Dry Erase Boards Es Document Cameras amp White Boards D Digital Exhibits Using Litigation Software E PowerPoint Presentations 1 Practical Tips for Incorporating Slide Presentations Into Components of Trial a Colors amp Fonts Look for clear contrasts in color Dark green deep blue dark brown and black are good background colors with light colored words Avoid beige on hunter green and beige on cream Avoid using all capital letters Equivalent of shouting For longer text use non serif fonts Arial font works best for screens using few words Font size smaller than 32 is generally too small to see on monitor b Composition and Content Avoid wordiness and visual clutter E Linear and Nonlinear Presentations IV WHAT WE ARE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS A Preparing Our Students to Be Self Sufficient Litigators B A Quick Reference Guide for the Courtroom at St Mary s Prepared by Mr Nathan Roach JD 2008 Me SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY A Books Rogers LITIGATION TECHNOLOGY BECOMING A HIGH TECH TRIAL LAWYER Aspen Publishers 2006 Periodicals Bocchino Ten Touchstones for Trial Advocacy 74 Temple L Rev 1 2001 Kenny amp Jordon Trial Presentation Technology A Practical Perspective 67 Tenn L Rev 587 2000 Heintz The Digital Divide and Courtroom Technology Can David Keep Up With Goliath 54 Fed
3. Undo hot corner will step back one stroke 3 Clear Screen To clear the markup press the lower left corner of the screen This will reset the exhibit to it s original condition and permanently erase al markup Connecting a Laptop Computer Step by Step The lectern counsel tables and judge s bench are equipped with laptop ports These ports allow computers to send their VGA screen to the courtroom s display system l Prepare your Computer The first step is to ensure your computer is configured to connect to the courtroom Most laptops provide a VGA connector on the back of the computer behind the screen Other laptops will have a DVI connector these computers will require a DVI to VGA adapter Most laptop computers of recent manufacture will automatically detect the courtroom as an external video display if the computer is powered on after connecting to the courtroom Your computer should be configured to connect to an external monitor at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels You should check your user manual for the proper sequence for connecting your system 2 Connect your Computer Lectern he lectern has a pop up connection for laptop computers If the connection box is depressed simply press the top of the panel to expose the connections The lectern has a power connection VGA connection mini plug audio jack and a data port Counsel Table Judge s Bench The two counsel tables and the Ju
4. Comm L J 567 2002 Lederer Courtroom Technology in the New Millennium the Virtual Courtroom is Upon Us ALI ABA Course of Study Materials Conference on Life and Health Insurance Litigation May 2000 Lederer Trial Advocacy The Road to the Virtual Courtroom A Consideration of Today s and Tomorrow s High Technology Courtrooms 50 S C L Rev 799 1999 Ponder But Look Over Here The Use of Technology at Trial Mesmerizes Jurors and Secures Verdicts 29 Law amp Psychol Rev 289 2005 Webster High Tech Courtroom Visual Presentation System 80 MI Bar Journal 41 2001 Weibel Primer on Advanced Courtroom Technology 21 6 ABIJ 16 2002 ide ST MARY S gi 7 a 3 O 0 g pe 3 0G gt A E 2 ee Lol v O D TT Po Powerful Technology Easy Access Although the Technology Courtroom has many advanced capabilities it is designed to provide easy access to most functions with minimal training This document covers basic operation of the system so that advocates can present evidence from either physical materials or computer based presentations Touch screen Routing The video display systems in the courtroom are controlled by programmable AMX touch screens Video sources are selected by touching the appropriate input on the touch screen panels The judge and clerk have the ability to preview information presented by counsel b
5. Courtroom Technology in the 21 Century Dave Schlueter Professor of Law John Specia Retired Distriet Court Judge Print Version School of Law at St Mary s University Page 1 of 2 School of Law at St Mary s University David A Schlueter ph 210 431 2212 email dschlueter stmarytx edu Hardy Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy Programs B A 1969 Texas A amp M University J D 1971 Baylor University LL M 1981 University of Virginia Highlights e JAGC Attorney United States Army 1972 81 e Legal Counsel Supreme Court of United States 1981 83 e Associate Dean St Mary s School of Law 1984 89 Specialties Professor Schlueter joined the St Mary s faculty in 1983 While at St Mary s he has taught courses in e Evidence e Trial Advocacy e Criminal Law and Procedure e Constitutional Law Publications e He has authored co authored or edited nine books on evidence and criminal procedure and a number of law review articles His writings have been cited over 750 times by the federal and state courts including the Supreme Court of the United States and other legal commentators e His writings include TEXAS RULES OF EVIDENCE MANUAL Sth ed 1998 with Wendorf and Barton FEDERAL EVIDENCE TACTICS 1998 with Imwinkelried and MILITARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 6th ed 2004 Organizations e Professor Schlueter is active in the American Bar Association
6. al Whiteboard is Active If you do not see a picture on the whiteboard the system may not be powered on or properly connected If you see a windows desktop or a O other than those pictured in this tutorial the eBeam software may not be activated Please do not attempt 10 troubleshoot the whiteboard system Contact an administrator to ensure proper setup 2 Ensure the Digital Whiteboard is in Full Screen Mode The home screen for the digital whiteboard is a blank white canvas with a Main Toolbar at the bottom and a multi colored function wheel to the right The eBeam software also has a windowed mode that allows for windows like operation but is less than ideal for jury presentation To return to full screen mode use the stylus to press the full screen bution in the windowed toolbar This button is the fourth from the right circled in blue in the Windowed Mode screen capture sing the Whiteboard I Select a Tool from the Function Wheel Use the stylus to select a tool from the function wheel The available tools are in the inner ring These tools are discussed below in counter clockwise order from the 12 o clock position of the wheel Pen This is the primary drawing tool You may select a pen color by pressing the left side of the center bulls eye to enter color selection mode Then press the desired color on the outer ring of the color wheel To change the width of the pen press the right sid
7. and Down areas zoom in and out The system wil auto focus after zoom is complete 5 Iris Controls brightness manually Ordinarily you should use the AWC function instead 9 Lamp Turns on the side lamps or underside Jamp Normally these can remain off 10 AWC Automatic color contro and brightness Press 10 allow system to auto adjust EN EX ES ce EN is NTT o Po a Hrn i 3 Cf ES Der Oro mor Due 3 Display the source You are now ready to activate your source from the AMX system see above Playing DVD and VHS Video Overview There are three ways to play back video in the courtroom The first is to play video from your laptop computer This has the advantage of being able to handle a wide variety of formats from DIVX to WMV to DVD depending upon your computer s configuration Second DVDs can be played from the video deck built in to the courtroom rover Finally video can be played from the rack based DVD player in the courtroom s equipment closet This tutorial wil cover the rover playback method although rack playback is very similar Step by Step l Place the DVD disc or VHS tape in the player The DVD player is located in the portable rover Please ask a staff A vee member for access Press the eject button corresponding to the media format you intend to use You may then place the tape or disc in the unit and close the tray if needed ari 2 Select the source from the AMX screens de
8. by the source 10 be viewed on the monitors at counsel tables and at the witness stand Simply press the Release to Witness Counsel button To display sources on the main projector screen jury box screens and the plasma display vou must perform an additional step After pressing Release to Witness Counsel then press Release 10 Jurv Audience 6 Clearing the Screen O clear the screen and reset the source options press the Evidence Kill bution all video sources To re enable video display vou must repeat steps 4 through Acuvating this option clears WARNING Witness Touch screen Overview ey ae The screen at the witness stand is also touch enabled Ordinarily the witness screen simply displays the same video source as the other screens However the witness may also draw an overlay on the screen This overlay is visible to all of the monitors displaying the current video source The buttons to enable this functionality are hidden active areas on the screen Step by Step I Adding Annotations To begin drawing or marking up the exhibit touch the upper left corner of the screen A colored box wil appear Touch this area again to change colors Once the desired color is selected the witness may mark up the exhibit by drawing on the screen with a finger 2 Undo Errors Never mark M To undo the last markup action press the upper right corner of the screen Each press of the
9. dge s bench have cable based connectors for laptops These connections are provided by a single cable bundJe containing VGA mini plug audio and a data cable 3 Enable Video Out Toggling After your computer has been connected to the courtroom and powered on you need to tel the computer to send the video out in a video mirroring configuration On Windows computers vou may need to press Fn F8 or Fn CRT LCD to display the video Macintosh computers should automatically dispiay the video but may require configuration in the Displavs section of the System Preferences application You are now ready to eo vour source from the AMX system see above Using the Document Camera Step by Step I Deploy the Camera The procedure for deploying the camera is as follows from the Samsung User s Manual 2 Place your Evidence on the Display Surface The document camera is capable of displaying paper documents photographs X rays and many small 3d objects Do not place heavy objects or sharp objects on the surface If using paper documents refrain from marking on the documents with markers that may bleed through and stain the display surface 3 Adjust the Image he front panel of the document camera has several controls for adjusting the viewable image sent to the courtroom See Panel Diagram Below 1 Power Button Turns the camera on and off 2 Rotation Control Press to rotate the image 3 Zoom The Up
10. e Member American Law Institute e Since 1988 he has served as the Reporter for the Advisory Committee as the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure httn wwrw stmarvty edn law nrint nhndan far erhluatarfrid R nrint 1 2 4 0007 Print Version School of Law at St Mary s University Page 2 of 2 lt gt STMARyS UNIVERSITY School of Law at St Mary s University School of Law St Mary s University One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio Texas 78228 http www stmarytx edu law print php go fac_schlueter amp id amp print 1 3 26 2007 The Honorable John Specia John J Specia Jr stepped down in January as judge of the 225 District Court in Bexar County a post he held since May of 1988 Specia who graduated from the law school in 1975 previously served as master in the 289 Family and Juvenile District Court from 1985 to 1988 and in private practice From 1978 to 1985 he was an attorney for the Texas Department of Human Resources Region Nine He received the Rosewood Gavel award from St Mary s in 2001 I HI COURTROOM TECHNOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY Professor Dave Schlueter Hon John Specia ST MARY S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW MARCH 30 2007 INTRODUCTION WHAT IS ALL THIS TALK ABOUT HIGH TECH COURTROOMS A The Inevitable Trend Toward Technology amp Litigation B Experiences in State and Federal Courts FROM LOW TECH TO MID TECH TO HIGH TECH A When and How to Use it What do jurors expect
11. e of the center bulls eye and then select a line width from the outer ring of the wheel Highlighter This tool functions like a normal highlighter applying a semi transparent color to areas of the whiteboard Undo Tap Undo to remove the last markup applied Save Advanced function Mouse Advanced function Eraser Allows the stylus to act as an eraser removing markup wherever the stylus passes Redo Recreates markup removed by the Undo command Greyed out unless a previous Undo has been performed Shapes Allows the stylus to create simple geometric primitives 2 Perform Markup Once vou have selected a 100 you can use the stylus as an electronic pen Se Remember use only the electronic stylus The stylus tip draws and also actsasa a A left mouse button The side button closest to the tip is equivalent to a right T A mouse button The side bution farthest from the tip activates the eBeam menus For normal usage only the up should be necessary 2 Clear All When vou are finished with the digital whiteboard vou can ciear the screen by lapping the clear bution on the main toolbar The ciear icon be greved out unless there is something on the screen 10 ciear
12. efore publishing those sources for display to the witness jury and audience Document Camera The document camera is a device that will project an image from its display area onto the screens in the courtroom Sometimes referred to by the trade name Elmo these cameras can display printed documents 3 dimensional objects and transparencies The high resolution and color fidelity allows advocates to zoom in to display X rays and photos in detail or focus on an important paragraph of a document Laptop Ports The lectern counsel tables and judge s bench are equipped with laptop ports These ports allow computers to send their VGA screen to the courtroom s display system Most laptop ports provide power and audio connections in addition to video DVD or VHS video DVD video can be displayed through the advocate s computer if properly equipped The courtroom also has a rack mounted DVD and VHS player that is controllable through the AMX touch screen system Digital Whiteboard The 3M digital whiteboard is a portable display device that allows presenters to interact with electronic exhibits The digita whiteboard acts like a traditional whiteboard but its contents can be displayed on any of the display monitors in the courtroom Additionally the digital whiteboard allows computer based content such as powerpoint presentations to be displaved annotated and then saved for later printing or export BE ST MARY S UNIVERSITY
13. scribed in the AMX section select Rover then select DVD or VHS for playback 3 Operate playback controls from the AMX system Playback contro should be performed from the touch screens not from the hardware device itself You will see a screen interface similar to the one below for controlling the DVD and VCR unit The controls use the standard icons for play stop pause rewind etc and are labeled in the interface Be sure to select Release to Witness Counsel and Release to Jury Audience to direct the output to the courtroom s primary displays of 1 1 ail 41 21 ey al m T po if JJ Peur Select ys ile 2 4 Patun wien 2 pa t JJ Lisbliy Subtitle Jelect y c 3M Digital Whiteboard Overview The digital whiteboard is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment in the courtroom At the most basic level this device acts like a traditional whiteboard Unlike traditional whiteboards however no ink based markers should be used Instead an electronic stylus is used to create electronic annotations These annotations can then be routed to any of the display devices in the courtroom using the AMX touch screen controllers Although the included eBeam software is capable of many advanced functions this tutorial covers basic markup and annotation Please see the 3M documentation or a courtroom administrator for more advanced information Preparing the Whiteboard 2 Whiteboard I Ensure the Digit
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