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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government

May 11, 2015

More work ahead to diversify bench, but much progress made

A recent article, while rightly highlighting the need for a diverse judiciary, also unfairly ignores important strides that have been made to diversify the bench in California.

Evan Westrup

Press Secretary
Office of Governor Jerry Brown

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A recent article ("Despite push for diverse bench, nonwhite judicial applicants still lagging," April 29), while rightly highlighting the need for a diverse judiciary, also unfairly ignores important strides that have been made to diversify the bench in California.

More specifically, Latino, African-American and Asian-Pacific Islander applications are all increasing: Latinos comprise 12.4 percent of judicial applicants to the Brown ...

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