The U.S. court system is plagued by delays, backlogs, and workforce shortages. As CJ Lechtenberg, senior director of product management, Westlaw, explains, “Case backlogs became more prevalent with the pandemic and the state of backlogs has not improved in the past three years.” The 2023 State of the Courts Report found that courts should invest in …
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Civics 101: The Judicial Branch, with Minnesota State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and Chang Wang
By day, Chief Researcher Chang Wang is a hard-working Thomson Reuters employee. But by night, he’s an attorney, law school and college professor, author and budding actor (he’s the serious Chinese guy wearing the dark suits). Recently, Wang brought his students from two different local universities to a private meeting with Minnesota State Supreme Court …
Justice Alan Page Turns New Page in Distinguished Career
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is stepping down from the bench later this month, and he’ll be taking a unique momento with him. Justice Page was presented this week with a series of specially compiled hard cover volumes containing all of the opinions that he wrote during his 20+ years on the state’s highest …
Alan C. Page visits Thomson Reuters to talk about his NFL and legal careers
Minnesota’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Alan C. Page, stopped by Thomson Reuters Eagan campus last week to talk about his career in both in the NFL and legal professions, and about the Page Education Foundation. Justice Page was elected to the court in 1992. He was reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. Previously, he served as an …