Indiana creates program to steer minority students to the bench

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The Indiana Court of Appeals created a program to make minority law students more aware of the possibility of judicial positions both as law clerks and as judges. The eight-week summer program involved hiring five minority law students to perform clerking duties and participate in field trips to prisons, criminal courts and workers' compensation hearings. Student responses were positive and the program is likely to encourage more diversity in the judicial workplace.

Analysis, Services, Affirmative action, Minority law students, Indiana. Court of Appeals

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Calif. judges launch public-image campaign; to get more funding, better pay, judges prepare to give speeches, open a Web page

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California judges are undertaking efforts to improve how they are perceived by the public. Although usually conservative in approach, the judges are planning to launch a Web page to assist users with some of the more mundane court procedures such as those required to use small claims and traffic courts. The judges may be one of the last of modern society's powerful organizations to acknowledge the necessity of public relations efforts.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Judicial Info Systems, Usage, Public relations, California Judges Association, Judicial computer systems

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On accessible, autonomous courts: president ends term with call for resistance to legal services cuts and to attacks on judiciary

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The ABA must defend judges and the judicial system against ongoing attacks. Similarly, the Legal Services Corp's funding must not be cut. These attacks on the system's integrity and funding are diminishing the public's right to equal access and must be countered by the legal community. In particular, the ABA must stop congressional attempts to block the confirmation of federal judges.

Officials and employees, Finance, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Public opinion, United States. Legal Services Corp., A.B.A.

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