Perspective
Jul. 25, 2014
High school justice: lingering questions
I like to think that I'm a fair superior court judge. The question I ask myself is whether I would have been a fair Student Court justice at the age of 17. By Anthony J. Mohr
Today they call me "Judge" because I sit on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, but 49 years ago, at Beverly Hills High School, they'd have called me "Justice" had I sat on the Student Court. Justice - a title normally reserved for members of the Supreme Court. It sounds so magisterial: Justice Mohr at age 17.
Sometimes I think I should have started my judicial career on that institution. If I had displayed...
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