District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission

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The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission is part of the system of judicial selection in Washington, D.C. It solicits and screens applicants to the local courts in Washington, D.C. and makes recommendations to the President of the United States. The Commission will recommend three candidates to the President for each vacancy on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Commission also appoints the chief judge of both of those courts. ^[1]

Members

The Commission is made up of seven members. Two are appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, two by the Board of Governors of the District of Columbia Bar, one by the Council of the District of Columbia, one by the President of the United States, and one judicial member appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Three of the members must be non-lawyers - one of the Mayor's appointees, one of the Board of Governors' appointees, and the one from the Council of the District of Columbia. Six of the members are appointed for six-year terms, and the Presidents' appointee serves a five-year term. ^[2]

Current members are:

• Emmet Sullivan, Chair
• William Lucy
• Natalie O. Ludaway
• Karl A. Racine
• Morris L. Shearin, Sr.
• Helgi C. Walker
• Vacancy

External links

• District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission website

References