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Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
Criminal

Dec. 17, 2020

The future of trial-borne justice

The time is now for us to demand and to expect real solutions that blend adaptation where it fits with preservation of core rights where it doesn’t.

Eric Schweitzer

President
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Eric's term as CACJ president ends December 31. Allison Zuvela will become president in 2021.

Lawyers who regularly appear in court have witnessed the impact of the pandemic on the courts in bas relief and with much the same awe that astronomers observe the 66 million-year-old asteroid crater outlining the Yucutan Peninsula. And while such terraforming events are (hopefully) infrequent, both in astronomy and in the field of law, the impact of COVID-19 upon the way legal advocacy is delivered (and received) may be likened to the Chicxulub event's climate disrup...

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