Judiciary makes case for more judges before Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Echoing the message it brought to the statehouse earlier this month, the Judiciary set out the dire straits of the its staffing deficits at the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearings last week. Outlining the strategies of the Judiciary to maintain operations during the pandemic, implement innovative pilot programs, and highlight diversity initiatives, Administrative Director of the Courts Judge Glenn A. Grant delivered a litany of statistics reflecting increased pending case types at sometimes triple the amounts of those pre-pandemic. “To resolve these cases, quite bluntly, we need more judges,” said Grant.