Midyear Meeting 2010

Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find

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Feb 6, 2010, 06:20 pm CST

A judge's race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear—at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in the conduct of the parties, according to two recent studies.

The results were the focus of a program about “Diversity… full story