In this classroom, every student’s name is ‘Judge’
WASHINGTON — They’re already being called “Your Honor” in courtrooms across the country, but this week some of America’s newest federal judges are students. They’re together for training on their new jobs, a workshop affectionately called “Baby Judges School.”
The training is the first to be held for judges appointed by President Donald Trump, but there will be more.
The new judges are learning everything from how to manage the hundreds of cases they’ll oversee to how to pick a jury, try civil and criminal cases, and take a guilty plea. And they’re attending sessions on ethics, on sentencing and on how to talk to victims, defendants and their families.
Officially, it’s called the “Phase 1 Orientation Seminar for Newly Appointed District Judges.” But few call it that.