QUESTION
How many attorneys are focused on identifying potential impact litigation cases in the Law Department's affirmative litigation division?
2:33:01
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The work continues in the affirmative litigation division, shared by the whole division, with at most twenty people involved.
- The affirmative litigation division in the Law Department handles identifying potential impact litigation cases.
- The division's work is shared among all the staff within the division.
- At most, twenty people are dedicated to focusing on identifying new impact litigation cases.
Lincoln Restler
2:33:01
And then the last thing I wanted to ask about is impact litigation.
Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix
2:33:06
That that contract you're asking about is state funded.
Lincoln Restler
2:33:09
Absolutely.
2:33:10
Okay.
2:33:10
But still wanna make sure that it's reflected accurately in your budget and that what we're seeing in prelim are the actual expenditures of the department.
2:33:17
And that's a major, you know, there's a major disparity of 1,300,000 showing up in Prelin and in actuality, 16, 70,000,000 had already been spent at that time.
2:33:29
In 2018, the law department created the strategic advocacy initiative to expand the department's pursuit of impact litigation and and strategic advocacy.
2:33:37
Could you just tell us how many attorneys are focused on identifying potential new impact litigation cases?
2:33:43
And there was a strategic advocacy committee that was created around that time.
2:33:47
Does that still exist?
2:33:48
The
Muriel Goode-Trufant
2:33:50
work continues in our affirmative litigation division, and it is shared by the whole of the division now.
Lincoln Restler
2:33:58
How big is that division?
2:33:59
Approximately?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
2:34:03
At most twenty people?
Lincoln Restler
2:34:05
Okay.
2:34:05
Yes.