PRESS ADVISORY:
Public Access Task Force
Public Hearings Set For Sept. 7
Members of the public will have
the opportunity to address the Connecticut Judicial Branch
Public Access Task Force during a
public hearing scheduled for
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, in Memorial
Hall of the
Supreme Court Building,
located at 231 Capitol Ave. in Hartford.
The public hearing is scheduled
to go from
2:30-5 p.m., and from 6-8:30 p.m. Click here for
Information for
Speakers at Public Hearings (PDF).
Please note that if testimony from all speakers ends
before 8:30 p.m., the task force may adjourn the hearing earlier
than the stated time.
Senior Associate Justice David M.
Borden established the task force in May 2006 to make concrete
recommendations for the maximum degree of public access to the
courts, consistent with the needs of the courts in discharging
their core functions of adjudicating and managing cases. Supreme
Court Justice Richard N. Palmer chairs the task force.
The full task force has a
deadline of Sept. 15, 2006, to submit recommendations to Justice
Borden. Committee reports and other information are available
at:
https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/news/PublicAccess/.
For further information, please
contact the External Affairs Division at 860-757-2270.
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