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Roy Moore, Jeanine Pirro and Andrew Napolitano - Was there a mail order Judge school? (Original Post) ksoze Dec 2017 OP
There are places I've been to in Arkansas where you don't have to be a lawyer to become a judge. The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #1
I found this in a short Google search: 3catwoman3 Dec 2017 #8
Nope, not correct. TomSlick Dec 2017 #9
They ought to get together and drive 119 mph off a bridge dalton99a Dec 2017 #2
Trump U CanonRay Dec 2017 #3
Not a huge fan of Judge Judy... cbreezen Dec 2017 #4
They are all part of the big scam. carterbob251 Dec 2017 #5
He actually has a law school background, was a DA, then judge. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #6
they drove by the administrative building at their law school mnmoderatedem Dec 2017 #7
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
1. There are places I've been to in Arkansas where you don't have to be a lawyer to become a judge.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:02 PM
Dec 2017

It's an elected office with no requirements. I have no idea how wide spread this is.

3catwoman3

(24,005 posts)
8. I found this in a short Google search:
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 10:47 PM
Dec 2017

Jurisdictional Requirements

Whether you must be a lawyer before serving as a judge depends on the requirements of the jurisdiction where you will serve. There aren't any legally-established qualifications for justices serving on certain federal courts -- including district courts, circuit courts and even the United States Supreme Court. On the local judicial level, each state legislature has discretion to set its own qualification requirements for judges. Twenty-four states allow nonlawyer judges to preside over certain types of judicial cases, as of 2014. For example, Pennsylvania does not require its magisterial district court judges to be licensed members of the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. These judges hear low level cases involving traffic violations and misdemeanor criminal charges.

We can ad Loie Gohmert to the list of WTF!

More at link:

https://legalbeagle.com/7829183-do-lawyer-before-can-judge.html

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
9. Nope, not correct.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 11:11 PM
Dec 2017

All judges in Arkansas - from district judges to State Supreme Court justices - must be lawyers. There are varying lengths for which a candidate for judicial office must have been a lawyer to run.

Maybe you're thinking about county judges - which are not judges at all - but the chief executive of a county. Back in the deep recesses of time, county judges had some limited judicial function (paternity comes to mind) but that was before my time but I've only been a lawyer in Arkansas for thirty-five years.

This ain't Alabama for pity's sake.

cbreezen

(694 posts)
4. Not a huge fan of Judge Judy...
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:14 PM
Dec 2017

but, at least you can get a sense of her moral compass. These folks... not so much.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. He actually has a law school background, was a DA, then judge.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:25 PM
Dec 2017

BUT
Was not known for being overly bright, in fact, some called him resisted to logical reasoning, and one professor called him Fruit Salad for being tenaciously "all mixed up".

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-roy-moores-law-school-professor-nicknamed-him-fruit-salad

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
7. they drove by the administrative building at their law school
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:26 PM
Dec 2017

and the administrators threw the diplomas in their open car windows

Pirro is getting nuttier than Hannity. And that is a pretty high bar.

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