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Article: JAEC offers 'employment application' for candidates running for judgeships.(Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee )
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- February 15, 2008
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An "employment application" for trial court judge candidates and appellate judges standing for merit retention, intended to help educate voters, has been approved by the Bar's Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee.
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Committee members heralded the questionnaire --which, if approved by the Bar Board of Governors, could be distributed to judicial candidates up for election or retention this fall--as a major accomplishment but also said they want to find more ways to educate the public about judicial candidates and the judicial system.
"We're in the information age; we can't deny it," said committee member and 10th ...