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A high level of women were successful in becoming judges in the two largest judicial selection exercises completed by the JAC between April and September 2011
Date: 01 December 2011
In Circuit Judge and District Judge (Magistrates' Court) competitions, where women made up only 20 and 19 per cent of those eligible to apply (the eligible pool), they formed 37 and 47 per cent of the final selections made respectively. Competition for these roles was strong with more than nine applications for every Circuit Judge vacancy and 13 for every District Judge role.
The data is contained in the latest set of Official Statistics published by the JAC today available here.
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