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The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein ...

If the local judge can be objective, so can the local jurors

This fall the country’s oldest, largest and most widely attended school for judges will again offer the country’s only college course for lawyers who aspire to become judges. The National Judicial Col...

Only college course in the U.S. for lawyers who aspire to become judges returns in October

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will be online Monday, April 26, to deliver The National Judicial College’s Justice Jackson Lecture to new j...

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Sherrilyn Ifill to address nation's judges on Monday, April 26

If the local judge can be objective, so can the local jurors

Only college course in the U.S. for lawyers who aspire to become judges returns in October

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Sherrilyn Ifill to address nation's judges on Monday, April 26

Judicial Heroes & Legends: April 2021 - Hon. Mary Fairhurst (Ret.)

Here are some of the things judges keep on their benches for inspiration or admonition

Remembering Pam Bresnahan

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