The Judicial Branch is preparing to close six of the its 16 law libraries and has released specific dates for the closing of three courthouses, saying that budget cuts have forced the branch’s hand.
Chief Court Administrator Judge Barbara Quinn testified before the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the state’s decision to cut $12.8 million from its budget for the next fiscal year goes “well beyond what is practical, sustainable or possible.”
Therefore, she noted to the committee, the branch is planning to close six law libraries, saving about $1 million a year.
Maintaining the 10 other libraries plus providing online research tools to judges and legal research clerks will still cost about $1.5 million, “none of which is budgeted this year,” Quinn said.
Source: Connecticut Law Tribune
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