Here are legal events I would like to see take place in 2023. Their adoption is fully within the means of the bench and the bar. These suggested events, I feel, are very realistic and practical. I call upon the leaders of the courts and law firms to make a practical effort to make them happen.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court should adopt the recommendations by the Grand Jury Task Force for proposed changes in the procedure for Pennsylvania state court grand jury judges. The Grand Jury Task Force was created by the Supreme Court in July 2017. It made its recommendations in a report on in November 2019. It heard extensive testimony from prosecutors and the defense bar. Among the several recommendations were amendments to the training and operation of state grand jury judges. These are very practical, and some were recommended by the state grand jury judges themselves. The Supreme Court could implement them with a simple vote. We have heard nothing from the Supreme Court except a personal letter to me from the late Chief Justice Max Baer in July 2021 stating the bar would see some activity in this regard soon. Baer died in November 2022. So far, no action.

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