Alabama: judicial candidates to face additional requirements
The Montgomery Advertiser reports: The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill to set minimum experience requirements for judges.
The House gave final approval Thursday to a bill that requires a state appeals court judge to have been a lawyer for at least 10 years. Circuit judges would need five years' experience and district judges three years. The requirements will take effect for judicial candidates in next year's elections. Current judges are exempt. -- Alabama legislators set experience for judges | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser