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Jill Karofsky: “We have a crisis in the state when it comes to attorney…”

Featuring: Jill Karofsky, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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WisPolitics Luncheon: Chief Justice Karofsky

Published | Video Starts at 50:53

I think two things come to mind directly, but there is obviously more to do. One is we got to figure out what we're going to do about the attorney crisis. We have a crisis in the state when it comes to attorney recruitment and attorney retention, and especially in rural areas, we do not have enough attorneys. And it is criminal defendants who are being harmed the most because. Because they are being forced to stay in jail far too long. That is a real concern we have. (50:53–51:04)

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Asserts that there is a crisis in attorney recruitment and retention in Wisconsin, particularly in rural areas.

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