"Trends in State Courts 2015" published by the National Center for State Courts, authored by Jessica Smith, Stefanie Panke and Daniel McAvinchey.  Traditional printed benchbooks can be cumbersome, at best, to use. North Carolina chose to create a more convenient digital benchbook that can be searched more easily and updated more readily.  About the publication: Leadership and technology are the central themes of "Trends in State Courts 2015", an annual NCSC publication dedicated to making courts aware of key trends that affect not only court operations, but also society. Articles discuss numerous aspects of court leadership, such as judges and court administrators as "productive pairs," collaboration between stakeholders inside and outside of courts, and engagement of court staff. A special section looks at topics in state of the judiciary messages and how interest in them has risen or fallen between 2010 and 2015. Court technology topics include developing an online benchbook, using online portals to help self-represented litigants, and archiving records via the "cloud."