News Release January 7, 2009
Contact:	Steve Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515) 725-8058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE OF THE JUDICIARY MESSAGE — JANUARY 14

 

Des Moines, January 7, 2009— On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Marsha Ternus of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the State of the Judiciary.  The chief justice will discuss the most serious challenges facing Iowa's court system including meeting the needs of self-represented litigants, reducing the cost of civil litigation, ensuring safe and secure courthouses, providing equal justice to people who do not speak or understand English and addressing juvenile delinquency and substance abuse.  She will also discuss the impact of impending budget cuts on the delivery of court services and propose a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the court system.

 

Live audio of the speech will be streamed on the Judicial Branch website at www.iowacourts.gov beginning at 10 a.m.

 

Members of the media may obtain advance copies of the speech at 8:30 a.m. in the supreme court courtroom at the Capitol.  The message will be posted on the Iowa Judicial Branch website www.iowacourts.gov at 10:30 a.m.

 

 

 

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