I think the issue for BPA to be considering is the following. We could all ask ourselves what people want. Do they want independent lawyers, or do they want lawyers who work well and fast? If you have to choose between a management system.... The ideal is to get the two working in conjunction. How do you work that? Maybe one solution is to get them to administratively report to the board--a deputy-chair who say he wants 700 cases ready to proceed to a hearing by next month and this is how he sees it evolving to meet the objectives.
Is that feathering the lawyers, or is that pushing them along to get the files prepared? We could discuss that at length, but that's obviously an avenue. It's a balancing act, and it's not an easy one.