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WANT TO BE A JUDGE?Agency charged with monitoring judges in peril Legislature’s action worries legal experts

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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

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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