She talked to judges, public defenders, probation and pretrial services officers, U.S. attorneys, lawyers with criminal and civil practices, the heads of Border Patrol sectors, and DEA, U.S. Customs and FBI agents. People working night and day with-out complaint. The number of people dealing with staggering caseloads amazed me. That's when she came up with the idea for a southwest border courts conference. She approached the Administrative Office and the Federal Judicial Center for assistance in conducting a conference bringing together judges from throughout the region.
Some techniques are very creative.
Others could use improvement. The theory is to get the experts together and lift all boats. The experts at this conference, to be held in February 2000, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be district court judges from the border divisions. Selected magistrate judges, chief probation and pretrial services officers, and the clerks of the district courts for the Southern District of California, the Western and Southern Districts of Texas, and the Districts of Arizona and New Mexico also will be invited. Kazen sees the conference as a specialized workshop.