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Utah chief justice details court modernizations, calls for more judges and juvenile resources
Summary
Chief Justice Michael Zimmerman told the Utah Senate that recent reforms — computerized records, alternative dispute resolution pilots and judicial performance evaluations — have improved court efficiency but rising caseloads require new judgeships and juvenile-court staff and funding.
Chief Justice Michael Zimmerman told the Utah Senate on Jan. 16 that the state judiciary has made technological and administrative strides but still faces growing workloads that require new resources.
Zimmerman said the Judicial Council has pushed initiatives such as a pilot alternative dispute resolution program requiring parties in select civil cases to consider mediation or arbitration, a judicial performance evaluation program, statewide computerization of court records and a videotape pilot to substitute recordings for routine written…
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