Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
The Sun Sentinel newspaper in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida has published a detailed overview of the state’s civil courts access challenges, noting also that Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga has launched an effort to “… make the courthouse… Read More
A new report by Bruce Wallace, writing for Al Jazeera America, details just how stalled the nation’s busiest immigration courts are, and how backlogged they remain. Writing from New York, he reports that “… depending on how you… Read More
The Golden State legislature is among governments statewide considering rapid reforms to traffic court policies in the wake of unrest in places like Furguson, Mo., that spotlighted how some policies send minority residents into a spiral of debt… Read More
The Wall Street Journal is taking notice of momentum for a “civil Gideon” approach to lawsuits involving life-changing decisions, like foreclosure or family custody. The WSJ reports that the newly approved state budget “… allocated $85 million for… Read More
In what promises to be a big effort in a big state, the 27-member blue-ribbon panel selected to address Florida’s “justice gap” will begin its formal work Jan. 16. But it has already begun an educational outreach, including… Read More
