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This publication, which updates the 2005 Guide, is in two parts. Part One describes the District of Columbia's judicial appointment and reappointment process for both trial judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Superior Court) and appellate judges on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Court of Appeals). Part Two narrows that focus to cover only the Superior Court. In order to illuminate the various pathways to becoming a trial judge in the District of Columbia, Part Two provides detail, based on Council for Court Excellence research, about the professional backgrounds of the 150 persons who have been recommended by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission for nomination to the Superior Court between 1994 and August 2011.

This brochure acts as an Executive Summary of the full report, also available on this site.

CCE testimony before a joint hearing of the D.C. Council's Judiciary Committee and Workforce Development Committee about the findings and recommendations of the CCE reentry report, Unlocking Employment Opportunity.

CCE has released the first major study to document the enormous obstacles to employment facing Washington, DC residents with a criminal record.

This is the DC Superior Court's January 2012 response to CCE's July 2011 report proposing practice standards for court-appointed attorneys for children in custody cases.

This July 2011 proposal sets forth standards for good practices and consistency in the performance of lawyers for children in custody cases in DCSuperior Court.

CCE testimony regarding Reentry issues, before the DC Council Committee on Workforce Development regarding theDepartment of Employment Services

CCE testimony before the DC Council Committee on the Judiciary regarding the Department of Forensic Sciences Act of 2011

CCE testimony before the DC Council on Human Services Roundtable on the performance of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services

CCE testimony before the DC Council Comittee on Human Services Roundtable on performance of the Child and Family Services Agency

A report on the Distirct's Disorderly Conduct statutes and a legislative proposal to bring them into conformity with DCCourt of Appeals and First Amendment caselaw and to promote better understanding of disorderly conduct by the public and law enforcement.