Resources
To request a letter of recommendation from the Santa Barbara County Unity Bar, please contact us at SantaBarbaraCountyUnityBar@gmail.com
Government Code § 12011.5(d). In determining the qualifications of a candidate for judicial office, the State Bar shall consider, among other appropriate factors, the candidate’s industry, judicial temperament, honesty, objectivity, community respect, integrity, health, ability, and legal experience. The State Bar shall consider legal experience broadly, including, but not limited to, litigation and nonlitigation experience, legal work for a business or nonprofit entity, experience as a law professor or other academic position, legal work in any of the three branches of government, and legal work in dispute resolution.
Watch Secretary Luis Cespedes discuss what Governor Newsom is looking for in making judicial appointments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9BMpTAXpGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mpTGrooqcc&t=2560s
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article271616412.html
Instructions for Completing California Judicial Appointment Applications
https://www.gov.ca.gov/instructions-for-completing-judicial-appointment-applications/
Tips on Completing California Judicial Appointment Applications
California Judicial Appointment Application Worksheet
https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Judicial_worksheet.pdf
Santa Barbara Superior Court Judicial Mentorship Program
https://www.santabarbara.courts.ca.gov/general-information/special-programs
Rules Governing the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation
https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Title7_Div1-JNE.pdf
Judicial Selection Advisory Committees
Additional Pathways to the Bench
https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/Additional-Pathways.pdf