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Judges and Judiciary

May 5, 2015

LETTER: Judicial diversity article was a missed opportunity

I know well that the article's message that more applicants are needed is an important one, and that efforts to diversify the bench are laudable. By Brenda F. Harbin-Forte

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

I applaud the recent Daily Journal article on judicial diversity ("Nonwhite judicial applications still lag," April 29). As the first chair of the State Bar's Council on Access & Fairness, and a staunch advocate for increasing judicial diversity, I know well that the article's message that more applicants are needed is an important one, and that efforts to diversify the bench are laudable. ...

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