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Article: Study of state court system is wrapping up research
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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West Virginia's Independent Commission on Judicial Reform has a
little more than six weeks to recommend any changes to the state's
court system.
With its final report due by Nov. 15, the nine-member panel
expects to hold the last of three public meetings Tuesday as it
fulfills the executive order issued by Gov. Joe Manchin in April.
"I've been extremely pleased. We've had very informative
sessions," said Charleston lawyer Carte Goodwin, the panel's voting
chairman and the governor's former general counsel. "The members of
the commission are digesting this information and the wealth of
academic research that we've been given."
Manchin called for ways to modernize the state's judicial branch ...