Digital Accessibility and the Courts

Digital accessibility ensures that everyone, including court users with disabilities, can access web-based court materials and resources. Learn about how three states have made court websites and forms digitally accessible and planned for accessibility going forward in advance of the federal deadline for state and local government digital accessibility in April 2026. This webinar will highlight tools and resources from NCSC and panel discussion from court staff in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Minnesota.

Moderator: Grace Spulak, principal court management consultant, NCSC

Panelists: Emily F. Deines, statewide manager of justice initiatives, Office of Access to Justice and Court User Experience, Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court Melissa Giernoth, SRL resource attorney, Minnesota State Court Administrator’s Office Carolyn Goodwin, director of justice initiatives and court user experience, Office of Access to Justice and Court User Experience, Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court Kate Malmon, senior project manager, Minnesota State Court Administrator’s Office Suzanne Mateffy, communications analyst, Minnesota State Court Administrator’s Office Sarah Song, deputy director, Access to Justice Division, Administrative Office of the Illinois Court

For more information, email mtrujillo@ncsc.org.