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Judges and Judiciary,
Civil Procedure

Mar. 20, 2026

Is it time to consider making court fully remote?

Courts already function largely online; completing the transition to a near-fully remote system would deliver meaningful cost savings while improving access, efficiency and convenience for the public.

Julian Alwill

Partner, Mediator and Arbitrator
Rothschild & Alwill, APC

Employment Law and Civil Litigation

Email: julian@ralegal.com

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Is it time to consider making court fully remote?
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I am an older millennial. I did not grow up completely online the way that Gen Z largely has and the way that Gen Alpha appears to be doing even more. I remember dial-up and chat rooms. I did not get a cell phone until college and I took notes in law school in a spiral notebook. When I started practicing law in 2008, I had to make multiple copies of pleadings to be mailed to the court, with a return e...

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