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Women and Minorities Still Under-represented in Trial and Appellate Judicial Seats

By stacisaurus

According to a recent article in the ABA Journal, women and minorities are still under-represented in the trial and appellate judiciary seats of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Utah.

Today, white males are overrepresented on state appellate benches by a margin of nearly two-to-one. Almost every other demographic group is underrepresented when compared to their share of the nation?s population . . . . There are still fewer female judges than male, despite the fact that the majority of today?s law students are female, as are approximately half of all recent law degree recipients. This pattern is most prevalent in states? highest courts, where women have historically been almost completely absent.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).