Digital Court Facility
(Lynbrook, NY - May, 2002) DOAR announces the opening of its new Digital Court® Facility, scheduled for completion on May 1, 2002. Designed with the most advanced audio, video and display technologies available, the Digital Court Facility was created to be a center for trial preparation, education and research, and will be used extensively by attorneys in preparation for ADR, settlement and trial. The facility includes a full-featured, federally specified high tech courtroom, 3 mock jury rooms as well as 3 ADR/conference rooms and an "intelligent" boardroom. Funding for this one-of-a-kind facility was obtained from The Town of Hempstead via a $2.85 million Industrial Development Bond.
The entire facility is wired to allow for all forms of high-tech video and computer communication, including secure web-casting, digital video capture of proceedings, and videoconferencing with remote participants. Plasma screens, located in the courtroom, focus group rooms and boardroom, support display of all graphic presentation. The Digital Court Facility, located only minutes from Manhattan, is ideal for jury research, mock trials, demonstration, attorney rehearsal and training.
As a center for education and research, judges, court administrators, law students and professors will use the courtroom for demonstration and hands-on training. Recent investigative work by the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC has generated interest in learning more about the efficiencies of a high tech trial environment as well as the impact of technology on juror comprehension and decision making. This digital courtroom offers an opportunity for empirical research in a controlled environment.
"The creation of this unique space was based on 14 years of experience in the design of high tech federal and state courts combined with our expertise in providing litigation support for complex matters," says DOAR CEO Samuel H. Solomon. The Digital Court offers the justice community an opportunity to assess the best applications of court technology and offers attorneys an opportunity to realize the benefits of technology as a persuasion tool. According to Mr. Solomon, "The Digital Court Facility has the potential to influence judicial policy and redefine standards for the practice of law in the decades to come."
