WANT TO BE A JUDGE?Agency charged with monitoring judges in peril Legislature’s action worries legal experts
source: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2009/04/05/judges_georgia_investigation.html
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Agency charged with monitoring judges in peril
Legislature’s action worries legal experts
By CARRIE TEEGARDIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, April 05, 2009
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WANT TO BE A JUDGE?
Education required:
• Superior Court, State Court, Juvenile Court judges: law degree
• Magistrate Court, Probate Court; Municipal Court judges: high school diploma or GED* in most jurisdictions, law degree in some jurisdictions.
Training requirements:
• Non-attorney Magistrate Court judges: two 40-hour training sessions during their first two years on the bench.
• All Magistrate Court judges: 20 hours annually and mentoring program for new judges.
• Probate Court judges: Orientation for new judges plus 12 hours of training annually. No special training for non-attorneys.
• Municipal Court judges: 20 hours of training for new judges, 12 hours annual training thereafter. No special training for non-attorneys.
• Superior and State Court judges: orientation for new judges, 12 hours annual training.
• Juvenile Court judges: 12 hours annual training. No orientation required.
*Most non-attorney judges are in rural areas of the state, but some smaller metro counties have non-lawyer judges.
Source: Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, Judicial Qualifications Commission
Legislature’s action worries legal experts
By CARRIE TEEGARDIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, April 05, 2009
excerpt:
WANT TO BE A JUDGE?
Education required:
• Superior Court, State Court, Juvenile Court judges: law degree
• Magistrate Court, Probate Court; Municipal Court judges: high school diploma or GED* in most jurisdictions, law degree in some jurisdictions.
Training requirements:
• Non-attorney Magistrate Court judges: two 40-hour training sessions during their first two years on the bench.
• All Magistrate Court judges: 20 hours annually and mentoring program for new judges.
• Probate Court judges: Orientation for new judges plus 12 hours of training annually. No special training for non-attorneys.
• Municipal Court judges: 20 hours of training for new judges, 12 hours annual training thereafter. No special training for non-attorneys.
• Superior and State Court judges: orientation for new judges, 12 hours annual training.
• Juvenile Court judges: 12 hours annual training. No orientation required.
*Most non-attorney judges are in rural areas of the state, but some smaller metro counties have non-lawyer judges.
Source: Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, Judicial Qualifications Commission
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After watching Naomi Wolfe, I'm now becoming to understand where the psyche of the socioliberal wing-nuts is coming from... the following is a "guide" to setting them free from their empirical delusions;
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Worrying is Not Enough,
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"Legislature’s action worries legal experts"… Worrying is not enough when someone’s life is in the incompetent judges hands.
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