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Juvenile

Jan. 13, 2004

Jurist Puts Education First for Youth

LOS ANGELES - H. Kirkland Jones doesn't fool around when it comes to education. As a requirement for getting off probation, he insists that minors appearing in his Los Angeles courtroom earn a high-school or general-equivalency diploma.

H. Kirkland Jones
Delinquency Court Commissioner
Los Angeles
Career highlights: Superior Court commissioner, elected by judges of Los Angeles County, 1988; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles, 1975-88; deputy district attorney, San Mateo, 1973-75
Law school: Hastings College of the Law, 1972
Age: 67
By Susan McRae
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