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Utah chief justice urges funding for juvenile reforms, new judge in State of the Judiciary address
Summary
Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant told the Utah House that courts have modernized with statewide electronic case management, expanded problem‑solving courts and new access initiatives; he urged full funding for Justice Reinvestment Initiative elements and requested a new judgeship in the Fifth Judicial District.
Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant delivered the annual State of the Judiciary to the Utah House on Jan. 23, citing two decades of technological and procedural change in state courts and urging lawmakers to fund outstanding reforms, including components of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative and a new district judgeship for the state’s rapidly growing Fifth Judicial District.
Durrant framed recent court changes as the product of data‑driven management and widened access to justice. "It's no secret Utah is the best managed state in the country," he said, and described the courts’ shift from pilot projects to statewide systems: a fully electronic case management environment, expanded drug, mental‑health and veterans courts, and an online court…
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