History of CTC

The National Center for State Courts' Court Technology Conference (CTC) is the world's only conference dedicated exclusively to court technology. Since 1984, judges, court administrators and information technologists have gathered at the Center's CTCs to learn about the latest information and trends in court technology.

In the early 1980s, the idea of holding a national conference on court technology had been discussed among several court management organizations. During this time the NCSC conducted several surveys though its Institute for Court Management, and found the results of each survey to be consistent in one area - technology. Court technology training and the need to know and learn more about technology and its impact on the administration of justice repeatedly ranked high as priorities for court and legal professionals.

In 1982, under the leadership of the NCSC, the structure of the first conference planned for the spring of 1984 began to take shape. The NCSC enlisted the support of 33 organizations to participate in the sponsoring conference. Chicago was selected as the site of the first conference because of its central location and the various applications of technology that could be demonstrated in the Chicago court system.

In April of 1984, more than 1,000 participants and 45 vendors attended the first National Conference on Court Technology (CTC1) in Chicago. Since that time, attendance at CTCs has grown by an average of 25% each year. National Court Technology Conferences are held every two to three years. CTC8 expects to host over 3,000 attendees and more than 100 vendors.