Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 8, 2011
The Unintended Consequences of Impatience
A lesson learned about the corrosive effect of impatience.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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Patience, one of the most important traits a judge must possess. The JNE (Judicial Nominees Evaluation) Commission questionnaire asks those charged with evaluating candidates for judicial office about temperament. Under that general rubric are the specific qualities of courtesy and patience.
Take this scenario: After listening to an attorney drone on with repetitive, irrelevant, mind-numbing questions in a monotone,...
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