CODEJ Resources

• Would you like to attend a Supreme Court Oral Argument?Check the Calender
• Chris Nakamura Judicial Appointment Workshop Handout
• Judicial Diversity Outreach - Developed by the Commission to encourage and assist minority attorneys who are contemplating judicial careers by providing a comprehensive source of information regarding the application process.
• Arizona Judicial Nominating Commissions (Includes current vacancies for merit selection judicial positions and an option to be notified of openings)
• Current Judicial Vacancies (Includes current vacancies for non-merit selection judicial positions)
• Cultural Competency Definition
• Diversity Statement
• ACJA § 1-305: Selection of Special Judicial Officers

Are you interested in a career in law?

Chief Justice Bales’ comments at the 2018 Legal Futures: Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter conference.

Legal Futures 2022

Justice Timmer - Introduction

The Importance of Diversity in the Courts and the Legal Profession Pt 1. - Kate Rosier 

The Importance of Diversity in the Courts and the Legal Profession Pt 2. - Kate Rosier 

AZ Courts 101: The Basics - Judge Jones

• Arizona Report to the Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts  2021 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017
• Bench Diversity Project: Second Annual Report
• Final Report of the 1st Bench Diversity Project
• Seventh Arizona Statewide Report Card (2021) on Equitable Treatment of Minority Youth - This report presents data from 2016 to 2018 (Updated 09/15/2021)
• Sixth Arizona Statewide Report Card (2018) This report presents data from FY 2013 through 2016 
• Fifth Arizona Statewide Report Card (2015) This report presents data from CY 2010 and 2011, FY 2012 and 2013
• Fourth Arizona Statewide Report Card (2010) This report presents CY 2008 data
• Third Arizona Statewide Report Card (2008) This report presents CY 2006 data
• Second Arizona Statewide Report Card (2006) This report presents CY 2004 data
• First Arizona Statewide Report Card (2004) This report card is a result of a recommendation issued in the report above to assess progress on the reduction of over-representation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. Note: This report card presents CY 2002 data.
• Equitable Treatment of Minority Youth in the Arizona Juvenile Justice System; A Follow-up to the 1993 Equitable Treatment Report (2002)
• Colorblind Justice? Minority Youth Over-representation in the Arizona Juvenile Justice System (1998)
• 1993 Equitable Treatment of Minority Youth; A Report on the Over Representation of Minority Youth in Arizona's Juvenile Justice System - Governor's Office for Children