The 2008-09 assignment order [published in this issue] shows that 35 percent of the trial court presiding judges are women and 13 percent are minorities. That compares with 26 percent women and 11 percent minorities in 2007 and 30 percent women and 10 percent minorities in 2005, according to the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Among assignment judges, 40 percent are women and 13 percent minorities, the same as last year, compared with 33 percent women and 6 percent minorities in 2005.

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