2010 Annual Report - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
Bar Governance Annual Statistics
October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010
700
600
500
Number of Cases
400
300
200
100
0
Regular
Admission
Special
Admissions
Pro Hac
Vice Admissions
Inactive
Status
Resume
Practice
Reinstatem
ent to Bar
Resign
from Bar
Disbarment
CLE
Requests
Suspension
of a Member
Pending 73 2 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 31 2 123
Terminated 85 10 19 13 3 16 6 0 42 119 3 316
Filed 41 7 23 10 5 16 6 0 44 69 4 225
Misc. Bar
Filings
TOTAL
Bar Admissions Objectives for Fiscal Year 2011. In fiscal year
2011, Standard Operating Procedures for the Office of Bar
Admissions will be reviewed and documented. A major portion
of standardizing procedures will include reviewing and aligning
the bar examination components with national recommendations
and best practices as they relate to processing and securing of
examination materials.
In addition, during the first quarter of the next fiscal year, it is
strongly anticipated that the Bar Admissions module of the
Court’s CTrack case management system will be configured so
the Court may test its functionality. During the second quarter
of fiscal year 2011, changes and customization will be made
to the system as required. Accordingly, the Court anticipates
going live with the Bar Admissions module by June of 2011. The
Bar Admissions module will enable the automation of many
components of bar governance case processing that are presently
completed manually, thereby making the process more efficient
and data easily retrievable.
Facility Management. In fiscal year 2010, the Court worked
diligently to improve its facilities in order to ensure that
personnel may be suitably accommodated and court customers
may be serviced in an appropriate environment.
No. 161B Crown Bay, St. Thomas, USVI: In fiscal year 2009, the
Supreme Court commenced renovations at No. 161 Crown Bay.
The renovations were designed to provide judicial chambers for
three (3) justices and one (1) justice pro tem, along with office
space for the Clerk’s Office, administrative staff, and a state of
the art courtroom. While initially scheduled to be completed
in July of 2009, changes to the original layout and the need to
incorporate technology in the courtroom delayed the completion
of the facility until fiscal year 2010.
Budgeting and Financial Management. The Legislature of the
Virgin Islands appropriated $6,916,174 to fund the operations
of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands during fiscal year
2010. While the amount appropriated was $394,052 or 5% less
than our original budgetary request, the appropriated funding
level allowed the Court for the first time to substantially meet its
objectives, expending the sum of $6,915,084.
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