[blindlaw] reasonable caseloads

[Anita Keith-Foust]

Dear Susan:

How do you do it?! 

Those of us preparing for law school need to know what skills, software, and
assistance we need to pull off what you are doing.  I know it is exhausting,
but I still would like to know how you do it.

Please share.

Thank you.

Anita Keith-Foust
919-430-1978

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kelly
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:53 AM
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Subject: [blindlaw] reasonable caseloads

I am a public defender, and prior to becoming completely dependent on
assistive technology, routinely carried open caseloads of over 60 cases when
in the appellate section, 120 when in the trial section, and 90 - 100 once I
transferred to the juvenile division.  (These numbers represent cases that
were currently open at any given time - the yearly cumulative figure was
much higher.)  As an additional complication, the vast majority of my
clients at the time were non-English speakers.  (I was too busy working
through my cases to realize that my co-workers did not tend to carry quite
as high of caseloads, as they had the sense to complain.)

Now that I must rely on JAWS and other adaptive means to handle my cases,
which itself is complicated by on-going issues with our computer systems
in-office and at court, I cannot work nearly as quickly as in the past.  I
find myself working non-stop while at the office, not taking lunch, and
dragging recordings home to review for several hours each evening and on the
weekends.  My current assignment is in the juvenile division, where I handle
all of the appeals for the section, the week-day initials, and trial cases.
I will soon be training as the back-up for the juvenile drug court in
addition to these tasks.  Does anyone have any idea what might be considered
a reasonable caseload under these circumstances?
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