42 of 260 state court judges in Arkansas are women
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March 21, 2011
Arkansas: The state court system in Arkansas includes 260 judges; 42 of them (or 16%) are women, according to an analysis conducted by Forster-Long, LLC and published by the National Association of Women Judges.[1]
The 16% representation of women on the Arkansas state bench is significantly less than the national average, where women make up 26% of state court judges.[1]
Court | # of judges | # of women judges | % of women judges |
---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Supreme Court | 7 | 2 | 29% |
Arkansas Court of Appeals | 11 | 4 | 36% |
Arkansas Circuit Courts | 115 | 18 | 16% |
Arkansas District Courts | 107 | 15 | 14% |
Totals: | 260 | 42 | 16% |
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