Advisory Committee on Rules for Electronic Filing - September 20, 2024

VERMONT SUPREME COURT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR ELECTRONIC FILING
AGENDA, September 20, 2024, 9:00am

1. Approval of Minutes of the May 2024 Meeting
2. Committee Membership-
Welcome Laura Gans to the committee.

BUSINESS ITEMS:
3. Promulgated Amendments to V.R.E.F. 2(c) and 8(c).
These amendments were promulgated on June 1, 2024 and will be effective January 1, 2025.
PROMULGATED-VREF2(c)8(c)--STAMPED.pdf (vermontjudiciary.org)
VDEP is live in all divisions of the superior court as of June 3, 2024.
Vermont Digital Evidence Portal | Vermont Judiciary
4. Representative for AI Committee
Update from Attorney Levine on work of AI subcommittee on rules.
5. Update on Forms Used by Self-Represented Litigants.
At the May meeting, Attorney Brown recommended that additional forms provide a place for self-represented litigants to opt into allowing service by efiling and email. He indicated that in the criminal division petitions to seal or expunge are often filed without an attorney and the process could be improved if there was a place on the form that indicated the SRL consented to service by email.
Teri Corsones to report.
6. Update on Appeals Process for Rejected Filings
The appeals process in V.R.E.F. 5(d)(7) for rejected filings went into effect on January 8, 2024.
Teri Corsones to report on how process is going.
7. Certificate of Service- Request from J. Toor.
J. Toor contacted both the civil and efiling rules committees suggesting that the rules be amended to "return to the old requirement of a certificate of service for every filing." She indicated that as a judge she was unable to determine whether or how people were served, particularly in cases involving a mix of lawyers and self-represented litigants. She reported that in her experience SRLs rarely file certificates of service and that it would be easier if the same rules applied to all filers. Her inquiry and a short memo are provided separately.
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