Salt Lake City Justice Court

01/03/2024

We are hiring a new court administrator!!! The position closes in two weeks Jan. 15 (full posting below). Come help us run our wonderful municipal court!

Position Title: Justice Court Administrator Job Description: Under the general direction of the Justice Court’s Presiding Judge, incumbent is responsible for the administration, development, coordination, strategic management, and practices of all non-judicial activities of the Salt Lake City Just...

11/05/2022

The parking lot under the Matheson Courthouse (450 S. State St., SLC) will be undergoing construction starting on Wednesday, Nov. 9. There will be no public parking at the Matheson Courthouse beginning that day until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Please see the map below for other nearby parking options. There is also street parking available.

09/26/2022

We just put our first batch of Salt Lake County juror data on our website today. We began collecting this data electronically during the pandemic to facilitate remote jury selection. https://www.slc.gov/courts/2022/09/26/jury-data/.

The nearly 100 charts include, among many other things, data on our jurors’ educational background, their treatment of law enforcement testimony, their racial background, and their zip codes (if you like kaleidoscopes, you will enjoy this one).

Endless thanks go to ’s data team, , the provider of our electronic jury surveys, and ’s . None of this would be possible without their hard work. We plan on releasing this data in regular intervals.

06/04/2022

Congrats Judge Jojo Liu!

06/03/2022

We are so very, very excited to welcome Judge Jojo Liu to our bench! Thank you Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall & Salt Lake City Council for your hard work on Judge Liu’s nomination and confirmation. We are certain that her data-driven, A2J-oriented approach will help us all .

01/07/2022

Here is the full press release from the Utah State Courts: (1/7/2022) The Utah State Courts want to alert jurors and attorneys that jury trials are still taking place statewide. The Courts are conducting jury trials in compliance with the Utah State Judiciary Risk Phase Response Plan and are taking every possible safety measure including masking and social distancing when trials are held in person.

Jurors and attorneys should continue to appear as scheduled unless they are notified by the Court. Individual judges may be canceling some trials, but they will notify the jurors and other parties if that happens.

There has been some confusion about whether or not jury trials are canceled. That is because:

· Salt Lake City Justice Court suspended jury trials

· The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Federal) suspended jury trials

However, the federal court order and Salt Lake City justice court order do not affect jury trials happening in state district courts or other county or city justice courts.

The Utah State Courts will continue to carefully monitor COVID-19 case counts and consult with health officials moving forward. If any decision is made to cancel jury trials in the future, we will alert the public and the media immediately.