Perspective
Mar. 1, 2013
Bold action required to deal with a court system in crisis
The years to come will not allow "business as usual," so we should now consider dramatic and bold responses to a system in crisis. These are my proposals. What are yours? By Dan L. Stanford
Budget cuts. Courtroom closures. Staff reductions. Hiring freezes. Elimination of resources. California's state courts are in crisis. This crisis is already resulting in major changes in the delivery of civil justice, including significant changes in calendaring motions and trials.
The crisis does not appear to be going away and it may well get worse. And both defense and plaintiffs' lawyers, along with their clients, are bein...
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