Registrations for the second edition of the Innovation Award of the Judiciary, promoted by the National Council of Justice (CNJ), are open until June 30th. The award aims to recognize, value and stimulate innovative solutions with proven results for the challenges faced by the Brazilian Justice. The initiative seeks to promote the dissemination of good practices and encourage creativity in the several organs of the Judiciary, giving visibility to the people who idealize and implement these transformations.
The award will highlight three categories: innovative judicial management, innovative judicial technology and innovative judicial services for users. The submission of initiatives for the contest must be done by means of a form available on the registration page, observing the rules and standard formatting provided in the award regulations.
Sign up for the Innovation Award of the Judiciary
The Committee for the Innovation Award of the Judiciary will be responsible for managing the stages of the award, which consist in approving registrations, evaluating practices registered and deliberating on any resources and hypotheses not provided for in regulation. For evaluation, the committee members will consider criteria such as: the complexity of the challenge to be solved; the innovation process; the efficient use of resources; the adoption of partnerships and the participation of users; the expected results; and, finally, the degree of replicability.
Participation is open to magistrates, servers, outsourced employees, trainees, judges, conciliators and mediators, as well as young learners. All of them must be in activity in organs of the Judiciary where the initiative has been implemented or have potential implementation. The final projects in each category will be presented at the National Meeting of Innovation Laboratories of the Judiciary (FestLabs 2025), on which occasion the winners will be known. The event will be held in the period from September 3rd to 5th, at the Judicial School of the Judiciary of the State of Pará (EJPA).
First edition
Seven projects were awarded in the first edition of the award, held in 2024. The announcement was made by Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, president of the CNJ, during the 4th FestLabs in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Among the winners are initiatives such as "Pay attention to accounts!" , the regional electoral courts of the states of Minas Gerais, Alagoas and Maranhão (TRE-MG, TRE-AL, TRE-MA), which seeks to simplify the reporting of electoral accounts; and ECOnomy, a shared transport system to reduce emissions, which awarded the Regional Electoral Court of the state of Piauí (TRE-PI), the Court of Justice of the state of Piauí (TJPI) and the Regional Labor Court of the 22nd Region (TRT-22).
Also awarded were the Justice Here System (TJPE), which offers biometric self-service; Pangea (TRT-4), a platform for sharing jurisprudence; and Bastião (IA), a tool of the TJPE that fights repetitive lawsuits. The Social Impact Award was awarded to the TJRS by Urca-Health, a unit that streamlines processes in the area of public health, reducing unnecessary judicialization. On the occasion, the winners received certificates and the Innovative Judiciary seal.
See the full list of winners of the 1st Innovation Award of the Judiciary
