Threats to attorney-client privilege, federal habeas corpus rights and the need to improve procedures for hearing post-conviction claims of innocence were some of the topics that top state high court judges and top court administrators addressed at their recent annual meeting.
Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, the outgoing president of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) — one of the two organizations that gathered — said that many of their joint resolutions were of critical importance to the courts and the public.
