Discussion 5 - The Judicial Division and the Standing Committee

DB 5 Survey

The Judicial Division and the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence completed the first online, fully searchable diversity database. (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judicial-diversity-resource-page)The database, the only one of its kind, provides the current composition of minority judges on the state bench, both nationwide, by level of court and by method of judicial selection used by the states.

Review the database and the Diversity Action Plan, (https://www.americanbar.org/groups/judicial/committees/scdj/) and then assume you are appointed to a special committee to create recommendations and guidelines to assist in ensuring that women and members of minority groups have equal opportunities to become judges. What would you propose and why? Present three recommendations.