COVID-19 has drawn the Fifth Circuit’s already close-knit legal community closer
The COVID-19 pandemic has created administrative challenges, but it’s also forged stronger alliances in the sprawling Fifth Judicial Circuit, a five-county region of Central Florida that is roughly the size of Connecticut.
That’s the message
Since the crisis forced the suspension of most court operations in March, some judges have been more willing than others to embrace remote technology, Judge Merritt said.