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State Court Funding Crisis in Focus as ABA Task Force on the Preservation of the Justice System Convenes in Atlanta Tomorrow
ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2011 –The American Bar Association Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System will hold the first of several nationally scheduled public hearings at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Atlanta on Feb. 9 at the Marriott Atlanta Marquis. Witnesses will address the nationwide court funding crisis and the courts’ struggle to meet its constitutional mandate of providing access to justice.
This task force, co-chaired by David Boies and Ted Olson, is the first of its kind to take on the problems associated with the state court-funding crisis.
Who:
- ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System, including Co-chairs David Boies and Ted Olson
- ABA President Stephen N. Zack
- State Supreme Court Chief Justices Carol W. Hunstein (Ga.), Wallace B. Jefferson (Texas), Paul J. De Muniz (Ore.) and John T. Broderick (N.H., ret.)
- Tracey Adkinson, president of the Georgia League of Women Voters
- S. Lester Tate III, president of State Bar of Georgia
- Karen R. Harned, executive director, National Federation of Independent Businesses Small Business Legal Center
- Court staff, business and bar leaders
- Leaders from the NAACP and Justice at Stake
What: Hearing on court funding crisis, access to justice problems and depletion of court resources
When: Feb. 9 – Noon – 5 p.m.
Where: Marriott Atlanta Marquis, Atrium Level, A704
For remote coverage of this hearing, reporters can listen in by dialing the following number:
Number: 866-646-6488
Code: 3843546413
For more information or for video of the program please contact Stephanie.OrtbalsTibbs@Americanbar.org
With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.
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