Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 15, 2011
Counsel, Speak Up: Notes on AB 1208
AB 1208 proposes changes to the state's judicial administration that both lawyers and the public should pay attention to. By Curtis E.A. Karnow of the San Francisco Superior Court.
The debate among judges on AB 1208 appears to have ignored, and been ignored by, those with arguably the most important stake in the issue - that is, the public, lawyers and their clients who are, after all, those we serve.
While we should be cautious on any interpretation of a proposed statute, the balkanization of courts and diffusion of fiscal and other types of authority that AB 1208 appears to contemplate may have consequence...
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