Introduction To Criminal Justice 18th Ed – Larry J Siegel

Table 8.1 shows the average and median salaries of different kinds of judges (and court administrators) in state courts. Although some of the salaries may seem high, they are relatively modest when compared to corporate salaries and to what partners in top law firms earn. The starting pay in some high-powered New York City law firms (e.g., Goodwin Proctor) is now more than what the chief justice of the state’s highest court makes! A great deal of concern has been raised about the qualifications of judges. In most states, people appointed to the bench have had little or no training in how to be a judge.

Others may have held administrative posts and may not have appeared before a court in years. The relatively low level of judicial salaries may make it difficult to attract the most competent attorneys to the bench. A number of agencies have been created to improve the quality of the judi- ciary. For example, the National Conference of State Court Judges, part of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association, operates judicial training sem- inars and publishes manuals and guides on state-of-the-art judicial technologies.

Its efforts are designed to improve the quality of the nation’s judges. Selecting Judges Many methods are used to select judges.17 In some jurisdictions, the governor appoints judges. It is common for the governor’s recommendations to be con- firmed by the state senate, the governor’s council, a special confirmation com- mittee, an executive council elected by the state assembly, or an elected review board. Some states employ a judicial nominating commission that submits names to the governor for approval.

Another form of judicial selection is popular election. In some jurisdictions, judges run as members of the Republican, Democratic, or other parties; in oth- ers, they run without party affiliation. In some states, partisan elections are used for selecting all general jurisdiction court judges. In other states, nonpartisan elections are used. A number of other states hold retention elections for judges who are appointed, usually a year or two after appointment. In some of these elections, judges run uncontested.18 Altogether, about 90 percent of state trial judges face elections of some type and at some time during their tenure on the bench.

Elections are less common in the higher-level state courts.

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