William & Mary Law School is the home of the Center for Legal and Court Technology (CLCT) and the Courtroom 21 Project. Begun as the Courtroom 21 Project in 1993, CLCT is a joint project of William & Mary Law School and the National Center for State Courts. CLCT's primary external mission is "To improve the world's legal systems through the appropriate use of technology." To accomplish this, CLCT conducts frequent legal technology demonstrations and discussions each week, hosting jurists, lawyers, law faculty, court administrators, technologists, architects and others from throughout the world. CLCT is the world center for empirical and legal research on courtroom technology and is heavily involved in judicial and lawyer education and training. CLCT also provides technology augmented courtroom design consulting services. CLCT is best known for the Law School's McGlothlin Courtroom, the hub of the Courtroom 21 Project, which is the world's most technologically advanced trial and appellate courtroom.

CLCT currently has affiliated overseas projects in the United Kingdom and in Australia. CLCT also supports the Courtroom 21 Court Affiliates, a growing number of state, federal, and foreign courts that wish to use courtroom technology as successfully as possible. These courts meet together at the annual Court Affiliates' Conference to address legal, administrative, and technological concerns.

CLCT also houses the Courtroom Information Project website. This website is a rapidly growing visual database of pictures of the nation's courtrooms with accompanying legal technology information.

The United States Congress has appropriated via earmark approximately $500,000 annually for the support of CLCT in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

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