Diversity on the Bench and Racial Reckoning of PI

Justice Selection

100

Federal judges are selected via this process

Nomination by President and confirmation by Senate

200

Pennsylvania uses this system to select State Supreme Court Justices

Partisan Election 

300

The five forms of State Supreme Court justice selection are:

Governor Appointment, Governor Appointment through nominating commission, Partisan Election, Nonpartisan Election, and Elected by the legislature

400

This US president appointed 94% white federal judges

Reagan

500

In the last 50 years this president had the highest total # of judiciary appointments 

Bill Clinton

Race by the #'s

100

This state has the highest percentage of justices of color

Florida (71%) California (71%)

200

This state has the greatest difference between non-white population and supreme court justices

Alaska (43%)

300

This many states lack a single person of color on the Supreme Court bench

19

400

This state has the highest non-white population

Hawaii

500

This state has the highest percentage of women on the bench

Wisconsin - 86% 

But no justices of color 

State Justices

100

Justices are the most likely to have performed this job before occupying a seat on the bench

Private practice 82%

Judge 65% 

Prosecutor 38% 

.........

Public Defender 10% 

200

True/False--

States regularly publish demographic data on the composition of their benches

False - out of the 15 states that have new justices only two - Hawaii and Missouri - have made demographic data public 

300

Justices of color are more/less likely to be prosecutors than white justices

more likely - 12% more

400

This percent of judges believe they possess above average ability to avoid racial bias

97% - But studies show they are no better at being racially impartial than the general population

500

This term refers to the amount of diverse identities required to be present in order to make an impact on their peers

Critical mass 

Article 3 Judges

100

How many justices sit on the United States Supreme Court?

9 - 55% men and 66% white 

200

This US president was the first to appoint a majority of non-white justices 

Biden - 31% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 11% Asian

300

Despite making up roughly 40% of the population, minorities represent just __% of district court judges 

18%

400

In federal criminal sentencing, black men receive sentences of about __ months longer than similarly situated white defendants

20 months. 

500

A term that refers to the difference in sentence length given in a plea deal as opposed to conviction after trial

Trial penalty 

Public Interest

100

The author of this article suggests naming this as an express organizational goal, rather than simply relying on anti-poverty agendas

anti-racism

200

T/F

NALP's most recent data from 2003 suggests that about 20% of public interest lawyers are racial or ethnic minorities 

True. 

BUT, this data did not differentiate between prosecutors, PD's, and lawyers working in PILO's

300

This racial demographic reported the highest amount of pro bono hours worked 

Black respondents 

400

This percent of racial and ethnic minorities meet the federal poverty threshold and qualify to be clients of legal services organizations 

58.8%

500

confidence in one's own _______ can be an obstacle to identifying implicit racial bias 

egalitarianism