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Delaware takes steps to improve 'inadequate' judicial diversity


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Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. and Justice Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves talk with WHYY News about a new effort to improve diversity in the state s courts. (Screengrab via Zoom)
When Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves was sworn in as associate justice on the Delaware Supreme Court in January 2020, she made history as the first Black judge to join the state’s top court.
The rarity of her accomplishment is the result of a lack of diversity throughout Delaware’s judiciary. According to the state, 75% of its judicial officers are white, which is about 6% higher than the percentage of white residents in the state. ....

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