In 1994, I was elected to serve as a general jurisdiction judge for the 16th Judicial District of Tennessee. I was a 39-year-old lawyer who had done several jury trials, some divorces, and maintained a gener...

We asked NJC alumni this month if they prefer to get their judicial education in person or online. In-person won with a small majority, 57 percent to 43 percent. But it was clear from the nearly 200 comme...

A woman of many firsts, Judge Bernice B. Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, has become the first judge competitively selected to receive the highest honor of The National J...