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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 1, 2011

Judicial Diversity Slowly Rises

The statistics are an encouraging sign for proponents of diversity on the bench, underscore the slowness of attempts to change the bench's demographics to become more reflective of California society.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The percentages of women and minority judges in California has continued to increase at a slow but constant pace over the past several years.


But diversity on the bench doesn't match that of judicial candidates, according to two reports released Monday by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the State Bar of California.


The results are an encouraging sign for proponents of greater...

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