Personal Narrative: A Career As A Court Administrator

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Outside of the electronic systems I feel that any court official helps make the court run efficiently. If I had to choose one individual I would chose a court administrator to be the one who has a high impact. My reason being is they are the eyes and ears for pretty much everything. These individuals are the ones who schedule trial dates and handle a majority of the official paperwork. The court administrator I feel is like the middle man to everyone. In other words the lawyers bring in lawsuits and filings and the court administrator processes them. Once they are processed they are brought to the judge for review. Any changes that need to be made or special accommodations are made through the court administrator. This individual who accepts this job needs to be highly organized, work well under pressure and understand time management. Therefore, without the court administrator nothing would be processed or organized. That is why I feel they are like the backbone of the court system.
The litigation process for the cases involving Jane, Herman and Jed should be relatively
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Certain crimes have time frames in order to preserve evidence etc. When an individual takes too much time in filing charges the case can become a “dead case”. In other words the case is outside of the “normal” time frame for charges to be filed. The statute of limitations could easily impact the how litigation of the case on hand because if these individuals are not tried/charges in the time frame everything can technically be thrown out. Evidence is a key factor in this cases and therefore, it is highly important that both parties follow the statute of limitations so all evidence is heard. Federal crimes usually have a different statute of limitations than a state level. In the case with Jane, Herman and Jed since the crime the committed was a federal crime the statute of limitation for the crime would approximately be 5

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