At their recent annual meeting, Chief Court Administrator William J. Lavery warned fellow judges that "our courts are in crisis" because of a shortage of judicial marshals, understaffed clerks’ offices and inadequate numbers of court interpreters.
"All of you labor daily with staffing levels that are well below what is required to ensure the safety of judges, staff, members of the bar and the public who utilize our buildings," Lavery remarked June 29. "All of you are working in courthouses where clerk’s offices are so short-staffed that it often takes weeks to file routine paperwork."
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