WYOMING’S JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS: IS IT GETTING THE JOB DONE?

Authors

Marilyn S. Kite, Wyoming Supreme Court

Keywords

Judges, Judicial Appointment, Judicial Selection, Nomination, Nominating, Nominating Committee, judicial performance, commission, Wyoming

Abstract

This article explains Wyoming’s commission based judicial selection process, studies how it has performed over the years, and looks to see what lessons we can learn from that history, and consider how it can be improved. Throughout this Article, the focus will be on what attributes of a judicial selection system best result in an independent, accountable, and vibrant judiciary.

Recommended Citation

Marilyn S. Kite, WYOMING’S JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS: IS IT GETTING THE JOB DONE?, 34 Fordham Urb. L.J. 203 (2007).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol34/iss1/12