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Clerk of the Supreme Court/Reporter of the Supreme Court

The clerk of the Supreme Court and the reporter of the Supreme Court are constitutional officers; they hold offices which, since statehood, have been established by the Kansas Constitution.

All documents filed in the Supreme court and the court of Appeals in the many cases coming before those courts are filed in the clerk's office. The clerk maintains separate files in each case. After an appeal is decided a mandate is sent to the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the case arose.

The Reporter of Decisions publishes the opinions and rules of the Supreme Court in advance sheets, and later compiles these into bound volumes of the "Kansas Reports." Similarly, he serves as the Reporter of Decisions for the Court of Appeals and prepares and published its opinions in advance sheets and bound volumes known as the "Kansas Court of Appeals Reports."

Contents

• The Jury System
• Types of Courts
• Kansas Court System Chart
• Judges and Justices
• Becoming a Judge
• Clerk of the Supreme Court
• Reporter of the Supreme Court
• Judicial Administrator
• Trial Court Administration
• Conclusion
• Return to You and the Kansas Courts