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Courtroom Technology

Local Rules and Administrative Procedures Pertaining to Electronic Evidence

Please review local rules and administrative procedures to familiarize yourself with rules pertaining to digital evidence presentation and submission.

Video Hearings

Digital Exhibits

Electronic evidence presentation equipment is available in each courtroom for admitted members of the bar. This system displays evidence throughout the courtroom on monitors located on the judge’s bench, clerk’s table, witness stand, jury box, and counsel tables in Article III Judge courtrooms and a projector screen in Magistrate Judge courtrooms. 

Please be aware that attorneys are:

  • Responsible for informing the courtroom deputy assigned to the proceeding in advance on the plan to present digital exhibits. 
  • Responsible for providing their own laptop with HDMI or bring an adapter that connects to HDMI to connect to the court’s evidence presentation system. Adapters are not provided by the court.
  • Responsible for presenting all exhibits in court.
  • Responsible for utilizing the Evidence Online Submission portal through the CM/ECF utilities menu to submit the complete electronic bench book for an upcoming court proceeding.  The JERS system provides easy access to exhibits for the jury during deliberation using a touch screen computer.  Jurors can view the evidence multiple times, rewind videos and zoom in on pictures. 
    More information about JERS can be found here.
  • Responsible for reviewing the local rules and administrative procedures pertaining to electronic exhibits.

Training and testing sessions for this equipment should be requested well in advance by contacting the courtroom deputy.  Instructions cannot be provided on the day of the proceeding by either the courtroom deputy or clerk office staff.

Equipment Available for Use

Auxiliary Aids and Services for the Hearing Impaired 

Assisted listening devices for court participants with a hearing impairment are available in all courtrooms. When possible, participants should coordinate with the presiding judge’s Courtroom Deputy in advance of the court proceeding to arrange for a headset or hearing loop.  Alternatively, participants may contact the Court’s Access Coordinator for assistance via email at courtaccess@lamd.uscourts.gov.

If a court participant requires a sign language interpreter or other service to assist with a hearing impairment or communication disabilities, participants should coordinate with the presiding judge’s Courtroom Deputy or the Court’s Access Coordinator courtaccess@lamd.uscourts.gov.  Interpretation or other services will require advanced planning, so please contact the Court as soon as the need is identified so arrangements can be made.

Article III Judge Courtrooms 
Courtroom 1, 2, 3

  • An evidence presentation cart equipped with an evidence document camera, annotation monitor and laptop connections (HDMI) for a laptop.
    • Laptops should be tested in the courtroom prior to court date and are NOT provided by the court.
  • An annotation monitor on the witness stand as well as the evidence podium. Standard displays are located 1 display per two jurors in the jury box as well as a 70” display for the gallery.
  • Each counsel table is equipped with displays: two monitor displays, side bar conference headsets, and a laptop connection (HDMI).

Magistrate Judge Courtrooms 
Courtroom 5, 6

  • An evidence presentation cart equipped with an evidence document camera and laptop connections (HDMI) for a laptop.
    • Laptops should be tested in the courtroom prior to court date and are NOT provided by the court.
  • Each counsel table is equipped with laptop connections (HDMI).
  • A large projector screen in the room is used to display evidence for the entire courtroom.

Courtroom Decorum