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Feb. 8, 2022

Dress Rehearsal

Speech and debate teams and mock trial competitions, along with an encouraging teacher, prepared judge for the bench.

Read more about Emily Cole Cole...
Los Angeles County (Lancaster)

LANCASTER — When she was 15, Superior Court Judge Emily J. Cole had an English teacher who helped shape her future and led her into a career in law.

The teacher previously worked as a lawyer, Cole said.

“She had such a brilliant, analytical mind,” Cole said. “The books that she selected were not the normal types of books that teachers [choose]. The way she made us think about things, it just really ha... (continued)

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