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• About Monty Ahalt
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• Ahalt International Ministires
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• Ahalt Publications
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• Apendix A - Blackstone's Commentaries
  Of the nature of laws. Blackstone asnwers the question of the source of law - where do laws come from?
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• April 1996 - Promise of a VIRTUALcourthouse; Issue 1.2
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• April 1997 - Ten Tips for a Virtual Law Office; Issue 2.3
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• April 1998 - The Elements of Electronic Filing; Issue 3.4
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• April 1999 - Electronic Filing of Court Documents; Issue 4.4
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• April 2001 - Online Court Records Let the Sunshine In
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• April 2002 - The Legal Profession is Dying - Ronald M. Martin
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• Arbitration & Mediation
  Upon his retirement in 1999 Judge Ahalt founded AhaltConsult, Inc. and commenced providing the legal and business community alternative dispute resolution services. Judge Ahalt brings his wide range of experience as a judge and lawyer in enabling the fair resolution of disputes. During his 28 years on the bench Judge Ahalt has conducted over 20,000 settlement conference facilitations. Since commencing the private practice of dispute resolution Judge Ahalt has successfully conducted 1000’s of mediations and arbitrations involving complex business issues, real estate issues, medical malpractice claims, personal injury claims and many others. Judge Ahalt is a certified civil mediator in Maryland and is listed as a mediator on the approved Statewide Panels for Business & Technology and Health Care Malpractice cases and for eleven circuit courts.
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• August 1997 - Litigation Integration; Issue 2.6
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• August 1998 - There Are No Free Records; Issue 3.6
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• August 1999 - Remaking the Courts of America; Issue 4.7
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• Bar Leader
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• Blogs
  Follow the Monty Ahalt Blog and the VirtualCourthouse Blog
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• Consultation
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• Contact Judge Ahalt
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• Current Resume
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• December 1996 - Internet and Legal Research; Issue 1.9
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• December 1999 - E-Commerce and the Practice of Law; Issue 4.9
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• December 2000 Electroninc Signatures for Court Documents # II ; Issue 5.6
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• December 2000 -Testimony to the Maryland Ad Hoc Committee on Court Reconds
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• Decmeber 2010 - Power of Our Words
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• Disclaimer
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• Educator
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• FAQ
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• February 1997 - Internet Communications; Issue 2.1
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• February 1998 - Ten Tips for Great Change in 1998; Issue 3.2
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• February 1999 - Ten Tips For a Virtual Law Office in 1999; Issue 4.2
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• February 2000 - VirtualCourthouse ; Issue 5.2
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• February 2001 - Five Commandments of a Trial Lawyer; Issue 6.2
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• Home Page
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• January 1998 - Electronic Filing - Standards or No Standards: Issue 3.1
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• January 1999 - Building an Electronic Case File - Defining the Elements; Issue 4.1
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• January 2000 - Good-Bye 1999, Hello 2000; Issue 5.1
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• January 2001 - Open Access to Court Records : Issue 6.1
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• Judge
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• July 1996 - Groupware; Issue 1.5
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• July 2000 - Electronic Filing of Court Documents - a Help or Hinderance for the Court Reporter
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• July 2001 - Electroninc Filing in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. : Issue 6.5
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• June 1996 - Access to Court Documents; Issue 1.4
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• June 1997 - Public/Private Partnership; Issue 2.5
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• June 1999 - Be a Persuader Not a Presenter; Issue 4.6
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• June 2000 - VirtualCourthouse; Issue 5.3
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• June 2005 - In Memorium - James Ignatius Keane 1944 - 2005
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• June 2005 - James Ignatius Keane - Eulogy
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• June 2007 - VirtualCourthouse a Stool with Three Legs
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• Kevin Ahalt's Teaching
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• Law Related Education Blog
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• Lawyer
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• March 1996 - Cyberspace and Lawyers; Issue 1.1
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• March 1997 - Electronic Public Access; Issue 2.2
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• March 1998 - Knowledge Management: Issue 3.3
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• March 1999 - Building an Electronic Case File - Selecting the Technology; Issue 4.3
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• March 2001 - A Vision Supporting Multiple Providers of Electronic Filing to Multiple Courts: Issue 6.3
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• March 2001 - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access to Case Files - Judicial Conference of the United States
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• March 2010 - In Memorium - Brent Willard Carlson 1943-2010
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• March 2012- In Memorium - Chief Judge William H. McCullough - 1926-2012
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• May 1996 - Properly Equipped VIRTUALcourthouse; Issue 1.3
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• May 1997 - Four Steps to Paper Freedom; Issue 2.4
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• May 1998 - The Electronic Courtroom; Issue 3.5
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• May 1999 - The Courthouse of the Future; Issue 4.5
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• May 2000 - Remaking the Courts and Law Firms of the Nation : Industrial Age to the Information Age
  May-2000-Remaking-the-Courts-and-Law-Firms-of-the-Nation-Industrial-Age-to-the-Information-Age.html
  
  
• May 2001 - Pro Se Litigants: The Problem
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• May 2003 - In Memorium - John "Jack" Kelly Keane, Esq
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• Monty Ahalt's Blog
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• MontyAhalt.com Articles
  Articles of general interest about lawyers, the courtroom, change management, persuasion based on Judge Ahalt's 40 + years of experience as a lawyer, judge, mediator, arbitrator, neutral case evaluator.
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• Neutral Case Evaluation
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• November 1996- The Internet; Issue; 1.8
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• November 1997 - A Review; Issue 2.9
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• November 1998 - Workflow, Workflow, Workflow; Issue 3.9
  November-1998-Workflow,-Workflow,-Workflow;-Issue-3.9.html
  
  
• November 2000 - Electronic Signatures for Court Documents # I; Issue 5.5
  November-2000-Electronic-Signatures-for-Court-Documents-#-I;-Issue-5.5.html
  
  
• November 2001 - District of Columbia Board Enters A New World Of Electronic Filing
  November-2001-District-of-Columbia-Board-Enters-A-New-World-Of-Electronic-Filing.html
  
  
• October 1996 - Office Automation; Issue 1.7
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• October 1997 - Litigation Integration III: Issue 2.8
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• October 1998 - Creating A Foundation For Change; Issue 3.8
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• October 2000 - Past Present and Future - Issue 5.4
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• Original VirtualCourthouse Articles
  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.
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• Profile of Excellence
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• Secret Legal Wisdom Blog
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• Secrets To Winning Your Case in Court
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• September 1996 - Connections; Issue 1.6
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• September 1999 - E-Commerce - Courts and Lawyers; Issue 4.8
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• September 2001 - Overcoming Barriers to Electroninc Filing ; Issue 6.6
  September-2001-Overcoming-Barriers-to-Electroninc-Filing-;-Issue-6.6.html
  
  
• September 2005 - Accurate Evalution of Risk Saves You and Your Client Time and Money
  September-2005-Accurate-Evalution-of-Risk-Saves-You-and-Your-Client-Time-and-Money.html
  
  
• September 2005 - Changing the Way We Do the Business of Dispute Resolution
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• September 2006 - The VirtualCourthouse Story
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• September 2008 - In Memorium - Judge E. Allen Shepherd 1937-2008
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• Septmber 1998 - Creating An Electronic Case File; Issue 3.7
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• Septmeber 1997 - Litigation Integration II; Issue 2.7
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• Site Map
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• Technology Leader
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• Understanding Courts
  The purpose of this book, Understanding the Judicial Branch of the Government, is to take a rather narrow view of the Judicial Branch of the government in order to better understand its daily function in our communities. The Judicial Branch of the government is the most misunderstood and misapplied branch of the government. Many people think that it is the function of the Courts to make law. While many others think it is the function of the Judicial Branch of the government to enforce and implement the law. The purpose of this book is to define in a narrow sense the function of the Judicial Branch so that it can assist individuals in determining what branch of the government is the appropriate branch of the government to help resolve individual questions, problems or disputes that exist in everyday life. It is with this thought in mind that this section has been composed. It should be understood that because of the narrow purpose of the book, that many oversimplifications may be stated. Oversimplification is used to demonstrate the narrow function of each branch of government as it may apply to any particular problem. Many have said that the volume and substance of the law is not in the statement of the rule of law but in the statement of the exception to the rule. It is with this understanding and with this knowledge that one must view this book. It will be rare for any exceptions to be discussed, detailed or delineated although it is known and recognized that many exist. For over twenty years, this book has been used as the basis for presentations to jurors, educators, technologists, government employees, civic organizations, church groups, school students and many others.
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• Understanding Courts - Table of Contents
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• VirtualCourthouse Blog
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• VirtualCourthouse.info Articles
  Listed on the Virtualcourthouse.com Library are articles about Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). ODR is alternative dispute resolution ( ADR) acompished with the aid and power of the Internet and internet related technologies. See www.virtualcourthouse.info
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