Performance of the District Courts

Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017

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Campaign 1: Provide Adequate Access to Justice


Objective

OBJECTIVE B: THE TRIAL COURT PROCESS

Intent of the Objective

Responses To Objective

  1. Your court facilitated expedited trials.
  2. If your court facilitated expedited trials, please check or describe all the means you used:
  3. Your court identified opportunities to reduce litigation costs.
  4. If your court identified opportunities to reduce litigation costs, please describe those opportunities.
  5. Your court used uniform procedures for in forma pauperis (IFP) processing.
  6. Unbundling: Your court authorized lawyers to perform tasks for parties without incurring an obligation to continue representation that requires judicial permission to withdraw, as per La. District Court Rule 9.12.
  7. Your court instituted electronic filing procedures.
  8. If your court instituted electronic filing procedures, who has access to them?
  9. If your court instituted electronic filing procedures, is there a cost to access them?
  10. Please share any other strategies that you used or the details of the strategies above that you used to provide adequate access to justice through the trial process.
  11. Please share any obstacles you encountered in providing adequate access to justice through the trial process and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles.

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If your court identified opportunities to reduce litigation costs, please describe those opportunities.
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2nd JDC
The court encouraged free use of telephone conferences, as needed, to reduce need to file contradictory rules.
9th JDC
The process for introducing documents was streamlined. The court asked that attorneys only introduce the pages that are necessary. The court also made a minute entry, rather than filing a formal motion, which reduced court costs.
10th JDC
All parties agreed by letter to continue cases.
15th JDC
Hearing officer conferences reduced litigation costs by allowing parties to reach resolution in a mediated setting, resulting in lower attorney fees.
24th JDC
The 24th JDC continued to operate a Domestic Triage Program, which utilizes four Hearing Officers to expedite domestic matters through the use of Hearing Officer Conferences. If an objection to an interim judgment is filed, the case then moves to the assigned division; otherwise the interim judgment becomes final.
25th JDC
The court advocated the use of mediation and settlement conferences.
33rd JDC
The judges actively participated in pre-trial conferences with attorneys to narrow issues for trial.
35th JDC
The court directed litigants to Justice of the Peace courts.
36th JDC
The court issued service on the record for future hearings, to cut down on service costs.
38th JDC
The court used telephone conferences for review/status conferences especially for self-represented litigants with custody or visitation issues, but also for complex litigation, such as legacy suits.
Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court
The court elected to waive all fees associated with expungements after the legislature removed expungement filing fees.
Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
The court reduced fees in Department of Children and Family Services adoption cases.

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