State short on black, Latino jurists - Connecticut

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Posted on: April 29th, 2008
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“The state is failing to promote minority lawyers to the ranks of its 200 Superior Court judges, the legislative Black and Latino Caucus warned on Monday, calling for greater effort in multi-cultural recruiting.

They were particularly critical of judicial nominees over the last three years. Of the 30 candidates submitted to the General Assembly for confirmation by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, only two were African-American or Latino.”*

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