SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No.
IN RE: ESTABLISHMENT OF A
VOLUNTARY PILOT PROGRAM FOR
THE FILING OF ELECTRONIC BRIEFS,
EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUM, IN
THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT
OF APPEALS
Opinion Delivered June 21, 2007
PER CURIAM
With permission from this court, an exploratory committee was formed to consider the
implementation of electronic filing in the Arkansas appellate courts. The committee has
submitted a proposal and has recommended that we establish a voluntary pilot program for the
electronic filing of briefs, excluding the addendum, in the Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals.
Upon consideration of the recommendation and the proposal submitted, the Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals invite, encourage, and request the voluntary filing of
electronic briefs, excluding the addendum, and hereby authorize the establishment of a
voluntary pilot program. The pilot program shall include all briefs, excluding the addendum,
submitted to the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Arkansas Court of Appeals after September
1, 2007, for cases in which briefs are due in those courts on or after that date. As a courtesy
to the court, it is requested that non-participating parties provide electronic copies of their
Such courtesy briefs should follow the same rules set forth for the electronic briefs to
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be filed with the courts.
It is important to note that the electronic filing of a brief (E-brief) is in addition to and
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not a replacement of the paper copies that are required to be filed by our rules. Compliance
with the filing requirements of the rules can only be achieved by filing the requisite copies in
the proper form with the Clerk of the Court. ELECTRONIC FILINGS WILL NOT BE
CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER A BRIEF IS TIMELY FILED UNDER
THE RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. We will consider the paper original as the
official filing; therefore, the E-brief shall not differ from the paper original, and all format and
length requirements specified in the appellate rules shall apply.
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