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In 1996 Judge Arthur M. Monty Ahalt as the Chairman of the Courts Technology began to publish VirtualCourthouse in the Prince George's County, Maryland Bar Association monthly newsletter in order to motivate the court and the bar to adopt technology and the Internet to better enable the court to meet the needs of litigants in a more efficient manner. In 1999 at the end of his term, Judge Ahalt retired and participated in the formation of JusticeLink an internet electronic court filing startup. In 2001 he founded VirtualCourthouse.com. Judge Ahalt continued to publish articles for various organizations. Those articles are collected here and continue to be added to by Judge Ahalt and selected contributors.

• March 1996 - Cyberspace and Lawyers; Issue 1.1
• April 1996 - Promise of a VIRTUALcourthouse; Issue 1.2
• May 1996 - Properly Equipped VIRTUALcourthouse; Issue 1.3
• June 1996 - Access to Court Documents; Issue 1.4
• July 1996 - Groupware; Issue 1.5
• September 1996 - Connections; Issue 1.6
• October 1996 - Office Automation; Issue 1.7
• November 1996- The Internet; Issue; 1.8
• December 1996 - Internet and Legal Research; Issue 1.9
• February 1997 - Internet Communications; Issue 2.1
• March 1997 - Electronic Public Access; Issue 2.2
• April 1997 - Ten Tips for a Virtual Law Office; Issue 2.3
• May 1997 - Four Steps to Paper Freedom; Issue 2.4
• June 1997 - Public/Private Partnership; Issue 2.5
• August 1997 - Litigation Integration; Issue 2.6
• Septmeber 1997 - Litigation Integration II; Issue 2.7
• October 1997 - Litigation Integration III: Issue 2.8
• November 1997 - A Review; Issue 2.9
• January 1998 - Electronic Filing - Standards or No Standards: Issue 3.1
• February 1998 - Ten Tips for Great Change in 1998; Issue 3.2
• March 1998 - Knowledge Management: Issue 3.3
• April 1998 - The Elements of Electronic Filing; Issue 3.4
• May 1998 - The Electronic Courtroom; Issue 3.5
• August 1998 - There Are No Free Records; Issue 3.6
• Septmber 1998 - Creating An Electronic Case File; Issue 3.7
• October 1998 - Creating A Foundation For Change; Issue 3.8
• November 1998 - Workflow, Workflow, Workflow; Issue 3.9
• January 1999 - Building an Electronic Case File - Defining the Elements; Issue 4.1
• February 1999 - Ten Tips For a Virtual Law Office in 1999; Issue 4.2
• March 1999 - Building an Electronic Case File - Selecting the Technology; Issue 4.3
• April 1999 - Electronic Filing of Court Documents; Issue 4.4
• May 1999 - The Courthouse of the Future; Issue 4.5
• June 1999 - Be a Persuader Not a Presenter; Issue 4.6
• August 1999 - Remaking the Courts of America; Issue 4.7
• September 1999 - E-Commerce - Courts and Lawyers; Issue 4.8
• December 1999 - E-Commerce and the Practice of Law; Issue 4.9
• January 2000 - Good-Bye 1999, Hello 2000; Issue 5.1
• February 2000 - VirtualCourthouse ; Issue 5.2
• May 2000 - Remaking the Courts and Law Firms of the Nation : Industrial Age to the Information Age
• June 2000 - VirtualCourthouse; Issue 5.3
• July 2000 - Electronic Filing of Court Documents - a Help or Hinderance for the Court Reporter
• October 2000 - Past Present and Future - Issue 5.4
• November 2000 - Electronic Signatures for Court Documents # I; Issue 5.5
• December 2000 Electroninc Signatures for Court Documents # II ; Issue 5.6
• December 2000 -Testimony to the Maryland Ad Hoc Committee on Court Reconds
• January 2001 - Open Access to Court Records : Issue 6.1
• February 2001 - Five Commandments of a Trial Lawyer; Issue 6.2
• March 2001 - A Vision Supporting Multiple Providers of Electronic Filing to Multiple Courts: Issue 6.3
• March 2001 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access to Case Files - Judicial Conference of the United States
• April 2001 - Online Court Records Let the Sunshine In
• May 2001 - Pro Se Litigants: The Problem
• July 2001 - Electroninc Filing in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. : Issue 6.5
• September 2001 - Overcoming Barriers to Electroninc Filing ; Issue 6.6
• November 2001 - District of Columbia Board Enters A New World Of Electronic Filing
• April 2002 - The Legal Profession is Dying - Ronald M. Martin