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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Mar. 6, 2018

Brown made progress, but there's still work to do

The numbers show that this governor has made significant progress. But while well represented in the California Supreme Court, there are only two API justices of the Courts of Appeal out of the 93 appellate justices.

Charles H. Jung

Partner
Nassiri & Jung LLP

Charles is President of the Bar Association of San Francisco

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I sincerely appreciate the illuminating focus on increasing diversity on the bench in the March 2 article, "Brown's judge picks made bench more diverse." I am the president of the California Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Cal-APABA), which represents the interests of the state's 14,000-plus Asian-American and Pacific Islander (API) attorneys. Cal-APABA and other coalitions of API bar associations across the state pay close attention to this important issue. I...

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