The number of out judges on California state courts continues to increase, with the latest demographic data showing there were at least 62 LGBT judges as of December 31, 2018 out of a total of 1,743 members of the bench.
Any TD can seek a motion to remove a judge from office for ‘stated misbehaviour’
Are judges really able to do better than everyone else and minimize their biases?
There is no minimum age for becoming a federal judge, but should there be? After all, good
In response to rising costs and competive job markets, LGBTs are setting up home in the most surprising of places.
Is it just a term some Judges use? I check the Tentatives and have found invaluable cites and phrases I have been able to use at each point in my litigation. I have just come upon this phrase one of the Judges uses for more than one type of Motion, so I was curious.
Does your judge own stock in the company you're suing? Unless they're a major shareholder, like more than 5 or 10 percent major, it's not likely to be easy to dig up information that'll pop up in a regular...
Judges and state bars have had various things to say about the technological competence of lawyers, but so far, only one state bar includes technology training as part of a lawyer's CLE requirements. Perhaps not surprisingly, given that their...
We know a lot more about judicial complaints than we used to but it remains the case that judges themselves judge judges
If you look at the Ten Commandments, most of them tell you what not to do. That's because people -- with exceptions, like Santa Claus -- are generally inclined to do the wrong thing. It's what we do. Lawyers...
People in Erie have gotten used to narratives crafted by journalists from the world beyond that depict our community in ways that don't mesh with the
The reaction has been swift, viral and unrelenting.
Despite a wealth of evidence showing public safety can be improved by connecting people to needed social and health services, the internal metrics of prosecutors’ offices do little to incentivize this course of action.
Youth doesn't necessarily make a computer whiz, but it can help. Learn more from FindLaw's Technologist blog.
Perhaps you shouldn't take career advice from HowStuffWorks.
Welfare reform likely prompted a rise in naturalizations but the effect is probably small compared to other factors.
Women should not be forced to view their pregnancies as career stumbling blocks or reasons to leave the legal profession.
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Aspiring immigration judges need not have actual experience... and the training program does not spend enough time teaching immigration law.
“A good lawyer knows the law; a great lawyer knows the judge.” I guess this is a good a time as any to discuss judicial bias.