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Her honor my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it

"Her Honor is an eye-opening memoir from Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, now retired, combining her fascinating personal story with a necessary primer on the complex, increasingly troubled, American judicial system..."--

Main Author: Cordell, LaDoris H. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Cordell, LaDoris H.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Judges > California > Biography.
Biographies.
Summary: "Her Honor is an eye-opening memoir from Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, now retired, combining her fascinating personal story with a necessary primer on the complex, increasingly troubled, American judicial system..."--
Item Description: Includes index.
"My life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it"--Cover.
Physical Description: 336 p. ;
ISBN: 9781250269607
1250269601
Author Notes: Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is a legal commentator and police reform advocate, who is a frequent commentator on news outlets including NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. A graduate of Stanford Law School, she became the first African American woman jurist in Northern California, a position she held from 1982 to 2001. Prior to her time on the bench, she was the first lawyer to open a private practice in East Palo Alto, CA, a low-income community of color, and was an Assistant Dean of Stanford Law School where she implemented a highly successful minority admissions program. Following her retirement from the bench, she was a Vice Provost at Stanford University and, in 2010, was appointed the Independent Police Auditor for the City of San Jose. Judge Cordell's public service record spans decades, during which time she has overseen commissions that investigated violence and mental health care in the jail system, as well as accounts of racism in the San Francisco police department. She has received numerous awards, including Silicon Valley NAACP's William E.B. Dubois Award, the Iola Williams Public Service Award, the National Council of Negro Women's Public Service Award, the Social Justice Award from Legal Advocates for Children & Youth, and the Rose Bird Memorial Award from the California Women Lawyers. Judge Cordell founded the African American Donor Task Force to increase black participation in the national bone marrow registry. She is the co-founder of the African American Composer Initiative and CA Parks for All. An artist and pianist, she resides in California with her partner and is the proud mother of two daughters.

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