SMJus: A milestone for the digitalization of the Saxon justice system

In addition to numerous members of the project led by Michael Wehnert, participants included Till Pietzcker (Head of Office at the Saxon State Ministry of Justice), former State Secretary Andrea Franke, Claudia Glausch (Head of the Control Center for Information Technology of the Saxon Judiciary), representatives of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the higher courts, presidents and directors of the courts and heads of the public prosecutor’s offices (pilot offices).

Since January 1, 2026, all newly created case files in the judiciary must be kept electronically. The Saxon judiciary had already achieved this goal on December 4, 2025 thanks to the work of the project group, which will end its activities on June 30, 2026. By this date, electronic case files had been gradually introduced at all 46 courts and all public prosecutors’ offices in Saxony. Work with the electronic case file had already begun at Dresden District Court in 2019. To date, over 1.7 million electronic case files have been created at the courts and public prosecutor’s offices in Saxony.

In the course of its work, the project group founded by the then State Secretary Andrea Franke was entrusted with hardware planning, training and user support, among other things. Head of Office Till Pietzcker praised the work of the project members and recalled that the project members were not discouraged by the restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, online formats were developed within a very short space of time to ensure the introduction of electronic case files at the courts during this period.

Head of the Office Pietzcker: “Everyone involved can be proud of what has been achieved together over the last ten years. The necessary conditions have been created here for our constitutional state to work efficiently and in line with the times. Without the great commitment of the project group, the willingness of the staff in the offices to embrace change and the work of the LIT, there would be no e-procedure file in the Free State of Saxony today – and no successful conclusion to one of the biggest upheavals in the history of the Saxon justice system.”

Project manager Michael Wehnert took a look into the future and reminded the audience that digitalization never stops. The electronic case file must continue to be developed and adapted to technical and legal requirements in the future. For this reason, members of the Saxon judiciary from all jurisdictions and the public prosecutor’s offices will continue to work on the further development of the electronic case file in Saxony after the end of the project as part of a so-called line structure. Project manager Wehnert therefore symbolically handed over a baton to the senior presidents of the jurisdictions and the public prosecutor general or their representatives.

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