News & Info

All Categories
Path
Path

As a judge, I have a lot of authority but no magic powers. I cannot change the past, make people fall in love, or turn unhappy people into happy people. What I can – and must – do is help defendant...

Sometimes it’s my job to look for a path

As a judge, I have a lot of authority but no magic powers. I cannot change the past, make people fall in love, or turn unhappy people into happy people. What I can – and must – do is help defendant...

court-house
court-house

At least six years, but nearly half of judges think the prerequisite should be 10 years. That’s the verdict from our monthly one-question survey emailed to NJC alumni. Sent out just after Labor Day, thi...

Here’s how much trial experience judges think an attorney should have before taking the bench

At least six years, but nearly half of judges think the prerequisite should be 10 years. That’s the verdict from our monthly one-question survey emailed to NJC alumni. Sent out just after Labor Day, thi...

judicial education, judges poll, trial experience...
Read More
Papua-New-Guinea
Papua-New-Guinea

Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy Legal System: A mixed system of common law and customary law Supreme Court – final court of appeal, also has original jurisdiction over interpretation o...

Get to Know Another Country’s Judiciary: Papua New Guinea

Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy Legal System: A mixed system of common law and customary law Supreme Court – final court of appeal, also has original jurisdiction over interpretation o...

More from the NJC