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Utah chief justice outlines court priorities, asks for judgeships and juvenile staff
Summary
Chief Justice Zimmerman told the House the judiciary has improved relations with the executive and legislature, previewed pilot programs (mediation, electronic records, videotaped transcripts), and requested new judgeships and juvenile court staff to address rising caseloads.
Chief Justice Zimmerman told the Utah House on Jan. 16 that relations between the judicial branch and the other branches have "improved the level of trust and understanding" since last year and urged lawmakers to support the judiciary’s planning and budget requests. "As the chief executive officer of the Utah Judicial Council ... I thank you for this opportunity to report on the state of Utah's judiciary," Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman outlined several concrete initiatives the Judicial Council is implementing or studying: a pilot alternative dispute resolution program requiring parties in some civil suits to consider mediation or arbitration, expanded judicial performance evaluation measures, statewide computerization and networking of court records to improve accuracy…
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