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Judicial Branch To Focus on Family Courts
As the Judicial Branch turns to 2015, it will continue to devote considerable time and energy to restructuring how the courts handle family matters, with the goal of making the family court process more efficient, cost-effective and easier for families to navigate.

Self-Represented Continue to Affect the Profession
As more and more talented former judges leave the bench to offer reasonably priced alternatives to the creaky process of court-based jurisprudence, civil courts are going to increasingly be the place where the problems of the unrepresented are resolved.

Federal Prosecutors Take Aim at Violent Crime
Last spring, I was sworn in as the 51st U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut. I am very grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this historic office. By a number of measures, the office has had a productive and impressive year.