The problems connected with the operation of a state court system are many and varied. Some of them relate to jurisdiction, some to the nature and extent of the services to be rendered, some to the type of facilities employed, and some to the means available for improving the system. A comprehensive consideration in this article of all of these matters is, of course, impossible. However, some of the problems which seem to relate most directly to the capacity of the courts to meet the demands which are being made upon them will be discussed. These will include questions arising from jurisdictional restrictions, the expansion of judicial action into the field of social service, the use of pre-trial conferences and waiver of juries as methods of facilitating litigation, and the use of the judicial council as an agency for keeping the system adjusted to the needs of society.
