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As a longtime judicial officer, I was excited to be summoned for jury duty in January 2017.  When I arrived at the jury assembly room, I wondered why there were so few potential jurors. The jury commiss...

The price I paid for being a ‘good judge’

As a longtime judicial officer, I was excited to be summoned for jury duty in January 2017.  When I arrived at the jury assembly room, I wondered why there were so few potential jurors. The jury commiss...

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Capt. Benes Z. Aldana
Capt. Benes Z. Aldana

The National Judicial College has selected United States Coast Guard Capt. Benes Z. Aldana, chief trial judge of the U.S. Coast Guard, as its president and new leader of the nation’s most influential i...

The National Judicial College welcomes Coast Guard’s former chief trial judge as its new president

The National Judicial College has selected United States Coast Guard Capt. Benes Z. Aldana, chief trial judge of the U.S. Coast Guard, as its president and new leader of the nation’s most influential i...

Retired California Superior Court Judge Peggy Fulton Hora has received the 2017 V. Robert Payant Award for Teaching Excellence from The National Judicial College, the nation’s oldest and largest judicia...

Retired California Superior Court judge wins National Judicial College’s top faculty honor

Retired California Superior Court Judge Peggy Fulton Hora has received the 2017 V. Robert Payant Award for Teaching Excellence from The National Judicial College, the nation’s oldest and largest judicia...

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