Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton opened and closed his first State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the state Legislature Tuesday with tributes to his predecessor, friend and mentor, the late Chief Justice P. Harris Hines.

In between, the much younger chief used technology to highlight advances in technology—showing the lawmakers video illustrating the new statewide courts portal as well as a unique program putting lawyers in a struggling school to assist families with tenant rights issues and other matters that have helped give children stability. The speech and videos were shown live on Georgia Public Broadcasting.