What types of training plans were developed by the courts for external users?
If the court chooses to implement the ECF portion, they will need to create a plan to educate the external users. When deciding what external groups to focus their training efforts on, most courts have targeted their high volume filers first in order to reduce the amount of scanning court staff must do. External users primarily consist of attorneys and trustees. However, some courts have discussed plans to train creditors filing claims to use CM/ECF. Training plans for the following are included in the revised (July 2001) Readiness Kit: – Chapter 7 Trustee (NC-W) – Chapter 13 Trustee (NC-W) – Attorney (CA-S) Online tutorials for attorneys, trustees and law firm staff are easily available on the Internet. A complete library of SDSD Computer-Based Training (CBT) modules for CM/ECF users are accessible anywhere on the web via the PACER site. They can be found at: http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ecfcbt/. In addition, several courts feature an on line CM/ECF tutorial for attorneys and law fir
