Legal group expects e-filing increase.

• Author: Swartz, Nikki
• Position: UP FRONT: News, Trends & Analysis - Survey - Brief article

A National Judicial College (NJC)-backed study--"Judicial Survey: Electronic Filing in U.S. State Trial Courts"--predicts that e-filing will continue to increase in the courts to help reduce ever-growing caseloads.

More than 70 percent of the 1,500 judges surveyed said their caseloads continue to increase, and 85 percent said the volume of paperwork they manage is a growing problem. Seventy-six percent said their clerks would support e-filing, and 89 percent said lawyers would. While most judges said e-filing would improve access to information, increase efficiency for clerks, and reduce the amount of storage needed for court records, 48 percent said they were not familiar with it. The judges said they would...