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Court offices urge funding for interpreters, law‑clerk and digital discovery; DA seeks diversion staff
Summary
Judicial and public‑safety staff told supervisors that interpreter and court‑mandated services have spiked, the Register in Probate and judge recommended a full‑time law clerk to meet Supreme Court rules, and the district attorney proposed a digital evidence subscription and an additional diversion worker to save staff time and expand alternatives to conviction.
Multiple presenters at the April 3 Committee of the Whole flagged growing cost pressure from court‑related mandated services and proposed targeted investments.
Judge Nordstrand and Rebecca (Register in Probate and Clerk of Juvenile Court) said their office has long relied on part‑time or student law clerks and that Wisconsin Supreme Court guidance (referred to in the meeting as Rule 68) recommends one full‑time law clerk per branch; they asked the county to consider funding one full‑time, bar‑admitted law clerk (estimated as a roughly $100,000…
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