CALIFORNIA - SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRIAL COURT DELAY REPORT 1

• NCJ Number: 25105
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 10 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: California Council on Criminal Justice; US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: California Select Cmtte on Trial Court Delay
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT CONTAINS COMMENTARY ON THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S LARGER SUPERIOR COURTS EMPLOY COURT ADMINISTRATORS TO FREE JUDGES FOR MORE IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DUTIES.

Abstract

SUPERIOR COURTS THAT EMPLOY SEVEN OR MORE JUDGES NEED COURT ADMINISTRATORS TO: PREPARE, ADMINISTER AND OBTAIN COUNTY APPROVAL OF AN ANNUAL BUDGET; RECRUIT, TRAIN, CLASSIFY, SUPERVISE AND DISCIPLINE PERSONNEL; ARRANGE COURT ACCOMMODATIONS AND PROCURE NECESSARY BOOKS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MAINTAIN ACCOUNTING, PERSONNEL AND JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT RECORDS; PREPARE AND REPORT JUDICIAL STATISTICS; MAINTAIN LIAISON WITH OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH THE COURT; FURNISH INFORMATION SERVICES TO NEWS MEDIA AND OTHER GROUPS; AND, EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COURT'S ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES. SUPERIOR COURTS THAT ALREADY EMPLOY COURT ADMINISTRATORS, THAT HAVE THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF JUDGES TO EMPLOY COURT ADMINISTRATORS AND THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO EMPLOY COURT ADMINISTRATORS ARE LISTED. SEE ALSO NCJ-016922-25 AND NCJ-025106 FOR OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS.