ALBANY – A seemingly modest change in how people can express interest in becoming a judge on the Court of Appeals could encourage more candidates to come forward, advancing the Commission on Judicial Nomination’s goal of broadening the applicant pool for openings on the state’s highest court, commission members and past applicants say.
Among the changes proposed by the commission is the introduction of a two-tiered application process that would allow interested parties initially to submit a resume and a new short-form questionnaire.
