As of early July 2025, there are 35 female judges in the 13th Judicial Circuit and 32 male judges with three vacancies.

Three judges serving in Broward County have caught the attention of the Florida Supreme Court … and not in a good way.

County Court Judge Jackie Powell, elected in 2018, was Broward’s first Jamaican American female judge.

Put aside for a moment the fact that Common Pleas Senior Judges Jacqueline Carrol Cody and Katherine B.L. Platt both wear black robes while at work. They share other things in common, too.

Broward County’s first female chief judge left office 34 years ago. The second will begin her service in May. But Miette K. Burnstein has no advice for Carol-Lisa Phillips about navigating the ...

Biden has now confirmed more Black judges to the federal bench than any president in U.S. history, including those who served two terms.

Several Broward Circuit Court judicial candidates will appear at a forum on Monday organized by the Broward League of Women voters, which WLRN will stream here.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Erica Hughes, a candidate for district judge in Harris County, Texas. Hughes and other Black women are fighting legal challenges to their campaigns.