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Chief Justice Durham urges statewide access-to-justice effort, highlights juvenile court gains
Summary
Chief Justice Durham told the Utah House the courts are focusing on outcomes, cited a sharp drop in foster-care time and $10 million in pro bono contributions, and asked lawmakers to back a statewide initiative to coordinate civil legal services and expand access.
Chief Justice Durham addressed the Utah House at the opening of the 2004 general session, urging lawmakers to back a broad, statewide initiative to expand access to civil legal services and describing recent reforms in juvenile and problem‑solving courts.
Durham spoke as chair of the Utah Judicial Council and introduced members of the Supreme Court and court administration. She said the court system is "fully functional" and emphasized that administrative leadership is concentrating on outcomes and stewardship amid budget pressures. "We have had to downsize over the last couple of years by a hundred people, which constitutes 8% of our nonjudicial workforce," she said, and she thanked court personnel for maintaining service during hard times.
The chief justice framed problem‑solving courts as complementary to traditional…
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