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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 6, 2020

The U.S. Judicial Conference is asking Congress for $36.6 million in funding to make the majority of temporary judgeships permanent and add more judges across the nation in anticipation of a backlog of cases due to COVID-19. Writing to lawmakers, the group said, “It has been decades since the Judiciary’s judgeships needs were comprehensively addressed by Congress, and the pandemic has further highlighted the strain many courts are experiencing due to overwhelming caseloads and an inadequate number of judges.” Read more on Law.com.