Performance Report- Louisiana Supreme Court

Performance of the District Courts

Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017

Campaign 1: Provide Adequate Access to Justice

Objective

OBJECTIVE B: THE TRIAL COURT PROCESS

Intent of the Objective

Responses To Objective

Your court facilitated expedited trials.
If your court facilitated expedited trials, please check or describe all the means you used:
Your court identified opportunities to reduce litigation costs.
If your court identified opportunities to reduce litigation costs, please describe those opportunities.
Your court used uniform procedures for in forma pauperis (IFP) processing.
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.
Your court instituted electronic filing procedures.
If your court instituted electronic filing procedures, who has access to them?
If your court instituted electronic filing procedures, is there a cost to access them?
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.
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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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.

9th JDC	The court used telephone status calls to assist in any discovery problems or to simply work through an issue for civil cases.
15th JDC	Family Court judges set full merit weeks to handle cases that require extensive testimony.
16th JDC	Pauper forms were provided during child support court hearings. Defendants were given detailed instructions regarding completion of the forms. The completion and filing of these forms allowed individuals to have a hearing officer conference to try to develop a joint custody implementation plan or visitation plan and, if necessary, a court hearing on the issue.
22nd JDC	The court developed improved procedure for use of interpreters in all phases of court including all court appearances, meetings with hearing officers and commissioner, and meetings with probation/parole. The court's specialty courts maintain a Spanish version of client handbooks.
25th JDC	The court used pretrial conferences often to encourage resolving disputes.
30th JDC	The court began using electronic warrants for criminal matters.
33rd JDC	Court staff encouraged attorneys to contact the court to address concerns or complications with scheduling. The court maintained staff available for flexible scheduling throughout the day.