| Date | Description | Added By
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| 08/24/2006
| Judge Smith Camp, Yador Harrell, and Pam Jedlicka met to discuss the Court's diversity goal and strategies for meeting the goal. Pam distributed data compiled regarding current court employee demographics.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 08/30/2006
| Judge Smith Camp, Yador Harrell and Pam Jedlicka met with Judicial Council at Strategic Planning follow-up meeting, to discuss strategies for meeting diversity goal.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 09/12/2006
| Judge Bataillon described the diversity goal to court employees at a Town Hall meeting.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 09/19/2006
| Cheryl Zwart attended Law Day at Malone Center (a community center in the African-American community in Lincoln) on behalf of the Court. The UN-L College of Law, Creighton Law College, the Nebraska State Court Administrator's Office (Judy Beutler), and the Nebraska Bar Association (Liz Neely) were represented, distributing information regarding the educational/employment opportunities they offer. Cheryl gathered information concerning list-serves used by minority focus groups for possible posting of employment opportunities, and noted similar upcoming events at Omaha's Urban League and Chicano Awareness Center.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 09/25/2006
| Pam Jedlicka posted a job opening for a federally-certified court interpreter (Spanish).
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 09/25/2006
| Judge Bataillon distributed information to all judges regarding a national judicial externship program designed to place qualified minority law students in judicial chambers for course credit.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 10/02/2006
| September 28-29, 2006: Mary Buckley, career clerk from Judge Smith Camp Chambers, attended American Management Association seminar on "Managing Multicultural Teams for Peak Performance," and gathered ideas for successful recruitment and retention of minority employees.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 10/06/2006
| Yador Harrell and Mike Kuhn (clerk for Judge Smith Camp) attended the Second Annual Nebraska Legal Diversity Summit in Omaha. Summit activities include panel discussion on the hiring and retention of attorneys of color, and networking/interviews with law students of color.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 10/20/2006
| October 16-18, 2006: Pam Jedlicka attended the Workplace Diversity Conference facilitated by the Society for Human Resource Management in Los Angeles, California. The conference provided strategies for maximizing diversity in the workplace.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 11/02/2006
| Court posted (internal) position announcement for Facilities and Procurement Technician.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 11/02/2006
| Court posted (internal) position announcement for Operations Supervisor (shared position).
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 12/01/2006
| Clerk's Office announced that Laura Garcia-Hein has accepted Court Interpreter-Spanish position, effective March 5, 2007.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 01/05/2007
| Court posted announcement for Technical Writer Position.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 01/22/2007
| Judge Smith Camp registered with the Just The Beginning Foundation (JTBF) and submitted a Judicial Request for Referral form. The foundation is a national judicial externship program designed to place qualified minority law students in judicial chambers. Judge Smith Camp will be contacted if there are any eligible candidates in the area or if there are any candidates who would be willing to relocate.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 01/30/2007
| As a result of a contact made at the Legal Diversity Summit on October 6, 2006, UN-L law student Jessica Tok accepts an internship in Judge Smith Camp's chambers for the fall of 2007.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 02/12/2007
| Feb. 8-9, 2007: Yador Harrell attended Community and Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Decision Accelerator, a strategic planning session focusing on consensus building in the Omaha work community.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 05/07/2007
| The Court welcomed Gabriela Acosta, Technical Writer, to the Court staff. Gabriela is fluent in Spanish, and has advanced degrees in English Literature, Political Science, and Law.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 05/18/2007
| Court posted (external website) position announcements for the following: Probation Officer, Probation Support Technician, Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer - Type II, Human Resources Coordinator, and Operations Assistant.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 06/14/2007
| The Court announced plans for a 2007 Day of Diversity on August 2 (Lincoln) and August 8 (Omaha). The focus of this event is cultural enrichment. The announcement provided a website, http://www.ned.circ8.dcn/user/diversity/diversity_day.ppt or http://www.ned.circ8.dcn/user/diversity/diversity_day.pdf, so that people could learn more about the day's activities. Court staff are encouraged to participate in the event and to serve on teams that will showcase different countries.
| Judge Smith Camp
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| 01/15/2008
| Judge Gossett, Pam Jedlicka, and Laura Garcia-Hein met to discuss the court's diversity goal an strategies for meeting this goal.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 01/30/2008
| The Court posted (internal) a position announcement for a Case Manager.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for an Operation Assistant
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Programmer.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Probation Support Clerk.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for Probation Officers.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Facilities & Procurement Technician.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 02/13/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Term Law Clerk.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 04/28/2008
| The Court posted (internal) for an Emergency Preparedness Coordinator.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 05/02/2008
| The Court posted (internal) for a District Court/Shared Services Training Coordinator.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 05/16/2008
| The Court posted (internal) for a Drug Aftercare Treatment Coordinator for Pretrial Services.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 07/02/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for Probation Technician.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 08/04/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Term Law Clerk.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 08/13/2008
| The Diversity Team hosted a training session for all employees. SST Communications Development presented a theatrical diversity program at The Rose Theater. The program provided an understanding of the interrelationships and importance of respect for diversity in the workplace, and how that enhances the workplace environment. Participants were given an opportunity to ask questions.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 09/04/2008
| The Court posted (internal) for four Probation Officer Assistants.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 09/05/2008
| Laura Garcia-Hein and Pam Jedlicka attended the Fourth Annual Nebraska Legal Diversity Summit in Omaha. Summit activities included a panel discussion on the hiring and retention of attorneys of color and networking/interviews with law students of color.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 09/10/2008
| Participated in a phone conversation at the request of the Administrative Office (AO) to provide information about the Court’s recruitment and retention issues, concerns, and practices in an effort to help the Judiciary attract and attain a highly qualified workforce.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 09/11/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for an Administrative Assistant.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 09/26/2008
| The Court posted a position announcement for a Human Resources Technician.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 12/10/2008
| The Diversity Committee chose to promote diversity by highlighting prominent Nebraska natives as a project in 2008. Posters depicting nine of these individuals were framed and hung on the walls on the concourse level along with short biographies about the individuals.
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 04/02/2009
| Court posted announcement for Senior Probation Officer
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 04/20/2009
| Court posted announcement for Probation Officers
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 05/05/2009
| Court posted an internal announcement for a Pretrial Services Officer Specialist
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 06/01/2009
| Court posted announcement for Chief United States Probation Officer
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 06/22/2009
| Court posted announcement for Pretrial Services Intern
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 07/17/2009
| As for 09/30/08, the representation of racial and ethnic groups among court employees is 11.5%, and the representation of racial and ethnic groups in the court’s applicant pool is 22.9%.
[Note: We cannot accurately compute the percentage of underrepresented groups for the total applicant pool because we cannot require applicants to complete self-identification forms.]
| Pam Jedlicka
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| 07/27/2009
| Strategic Planning Retreat: Because of the court’s inability to accurately compute the percentage of underrepresented groups for the total applicant pool, the judges decided to eliminate the applicant-pool portion of the goal. The court will continue to pursue diverse applicants through recruitment efforts and will continue to pursue its goal to increase the representation of racial and ethnic groups among court employees, including chambers, to 20%.
| Pam Jedlicka
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