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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 19, 2013

Diversity concerns fail to acknowledge disabled

I began reading with great anticipation the article titled "Diversity Lacking on State Bench." However, the piece failed to include a discussion of likely the most underrepresented group on the California bench: the disabled.

East County Division

Peter A. Lynch

Judge

Arraignments

Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1984

Peter is an Afghanistan and Iraq veteran.

I began reading with great anticipation the Daily Journal article titled "Diversity Lacking on State Bench," published Feb. 15. I assumed that based on who the authors were, the topic and the Daily Journal's editorial staff, it would be an even-handed account discussing the need for diversity for all on the California bench.

The opinion piece failed to include a discussion of likely the most underrepresented group on the California bench: the disabled. As the National Association fo...

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