Bench and Bar Leaders Unite on Need for Court Funding

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 10 No. 2011 Pg. 01
• Pages: 01
• Publication year: 2011

California Bar Journal 2011.

CBJ - October 2011 #01. Bench and bar leaders unite on need for court funding

The California Lawyer
October 2011

Bench and bar leaders unite on need for court funding

By Diane Curtis
Staff Writer

New State Bar President Jon Streeter and Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye spoke with one voice at the bar's Annual Meeting last month in Long Beach, sending the message that court funding must be a top priority for both bench and bar.

"I cannot overstate the gravity of this issue," Streeter said in his inaugural speech after being sworn in by Cantil-Sakauye as the 87th president of the bar. "The quality of our justice system is being eroded, and once a phenomenon like this starts, it is hard to say where it will end."

Sometimes, he said, "it takes a crisis to galvanize the forces of change, and I believe this is...