FUNDING CRISIS CALIFORNIA COURTS IN CRISIS


FIVE IDEAS ON WHAT ATTORNEYS CAN DO ABOUT THE Morgan C. Smith T


he news out of the California justice system is somewhere between dire and disastrous. All signs indicate it’s only going to get worse in Cal- ifornia, and attorneys are scrambling for ways to


deal with this crisis.


Presiding Judge Katherine Feinstein of the San Francisco Superior Court stated that “the civil justice system in San Francisco is collapsing. . . . We will prioritize criminal,


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juvenile, and other matters that must, by law, be adju- dicated within time limits. Beyond that, justice will be neither swift nor accessible.”


What can we in the legal community do? The following are fi ve actions that attorneys can consider to handle the overburdened court system and help ameliorate its unac- ceptable delays.


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