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Alabama Legislation

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Today's Birmingham News has the editorial, "Alabama legislators should pass a bill that would require judges to have at least a few years of legal experience."Given a choice, most of us would prefer that a judge not be the least experienced person in the courtroom. But in Alabama, there's no guarantee the judge hearing your divorce case or lawsuit or criminal trial will have any legal experience at all. A person can pass the State Bar one day and the next day become a judge - even a judge on the Supreme Court. That's crazy. A bill by state Rep. Paul DeMarco, R-Homewood, is a suitable remedy. It would require three years of time as a licensed lawyer for someone to be appointed or elected as a district court judge, five years experience as a lawyer for the circuit court level, and 10 years experience for state appeals courts...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).