Joyce Warren
Joyce Williams Warren is the Division 10 judge of the Sixth Circuit of Arkansas. She was elected in 1990. She was re-elected to the Sixth Circuit on May 20, 2014 for a term expiring in 2020. Warren is the first black female judge in the Arkansas courts.[1][2][3][4][5]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Warren ran for re-election to the Sixth Circuit.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.
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Education
Warren received her undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1971 and also attended Rockford College as an undergraduate. She got her J.D. in 1976 from UALR, where she was the first black female graduate of the William H. Bowen School of Law. Warren also did some graduate work at the Summer College for Juvenile and Family Court Judges at the University of Nevada at Reno. She has taken continuing legal education courses at Harvard University through the American Academy of Judicial Education. She got a diploma of judicial skills from the AAJE in 2001.[2]
Career
- 1991-2020: Judge, Sixth Circuit
- 1983-1990: Judge, Juvenile court
- 1982: Staff attorney, Central Arkansas Legal Services
- 1981-1982: Attorney in private practice
- 1979-1981: Legal advisor, Arkansas Department of Health
- 1979: Administrative assistant, Gov. Bill Clinton
- 1977-1978: Arkansas attorney general; Arkansas assistant attorney general
- 1977: Clerk, Arkansas Supreme Court[2]
Awards and associations
- 2012: Judge of the Year, National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- 2011-2016: Member, Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (First black female member)
- 2011: Living Legends Award, Philander Smith College
- 2010: President, Arkansas Judicial Council (First black president)
- 2008: Arkansas Home Team for the National Governors Association Policy Academy on Safely Reducing the Number of Children in Foster Care
- 2007-Present: Chairperson, Committee on Foster Care and Adoption
- 2006-2011: Alternate member, Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission
- 2003: Advisory Board, American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law
- 2000: Publications Committee
- 2000: Juvenile Judge of the Year, Arkansas Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- 1995-Present: Member, Committee on Foster Care and Adoption
- 1995-1998: Top 100 Women in Arkansas, Arkansas Business (Four times)
- 1986-1992: Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners (First black female appointee and first black chairperson of the board)
- 1979: Liaison to the Arkansas Department of Health
- Outstanding Young Women in America (Three times)
- Recipient, Pine Bluff Key to the City
- Advisory Committee, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Permanency Planning for Children Department
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Theta Sigma chapter
- Legal advisor to Sigma Gamma Rho national board
- Advisory Committee, American Bar Association[2]
See also
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 preferential primary elections & non partisan general election," accessed April 8, 2014
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 12, 2014
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, "Joyce Elise Williams Warren (1949–)," June 27, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2008 Preferential Primary Election & Non Partisan Judicial General Election," 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Information: Joyce Williams Warren," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Arkansas Preferential Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election," updated May 29, 2014
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
