Judges_and_Juries-Judicial_Qualifications-Captions.xml
Judges_and_Juries-Judicial_Qualifications-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.30">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:06.00" end="00:00:14.00">Every judge in Ohio is elected, each for a six-year term to serve a particular court within the county, or region, or state.</p>
<p begin="00:00:14.10" end="00:00:18.70">And in Ohio, there are specific qualifications for being a judge.</p>
<p begin="00:00:18.80" end="00:00:24.30">First, you must be a lawyer. That qualification is not true in all states, and technically,</p>
<p begin="00:00:24.40" end="00:00:29.40">there is no requirement even that the members of the United States Supreme Court be lawyers.</p>
<p begin="00:00:29.50" end="00:00:36.70">But in Ohio, it is a requirement. Secondly, you must have practiced law for six years prior to taking office.</p>
<p begin="00:00:36.80" end="00:00:43.30">This is a minimum requirement that prevents extremely young and inexperienced lawyers from taking the bench.</p>
<p begin="00:00:43.40" end="00:00:48.70">In addition, the candidate must be a resident in the area that he or she serves.</p>
<p begin="00:00:48.80" end="00:00:56.80">Each judicial election covers the territory of the court seeking the judge, and a candidate must be a resident of that area.</p>
<p begin="00:00:56.90" end="00:01:03.80">Therefore, a judicial candidate for one of the county courts must be a resident of that county.</p>
<p begin="00:01:03.90" end="00:01:13.00">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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