So You Want to Become a Judge? UM Law Alumni Relations Dean Georgina Angones Speaks at HNBA Convention
UM Law Alumni Relations Dean Georgina Angones Speaks at HNBA Convention
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On Saturday, September 5, UM Law Alumni Relations Dean Georgina Angones spoke at the Hispanic National Bar Associaton’s So You Want to Become a Judge – Alternative Paths to the Bench panel, where she discussed the different avenues to the judiciary and what attorneys interested in serving on the bench can do to maximize the experiences that will make them competitive in the judicial selection process.
The panel ran concurrently with sessions on Presidential Appointment and What Can You Do with a Law Degree at the HNBA’s 34th Annual Convention, which was held September 2-6 and included the organization’s first judicial summit.
Angones, who serves on the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida and the ABA’s Advisory Council on Diversity, was joined on the So You Want to Become a Judge panel by Judge Laura Cordero from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC; Geno Zamora, former counsel to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; Judge Edward C. Prado from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and Carlos Ortiz, vice president and general counsel at Goya Foods.
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posted 14-September-2009
