My Life on the Bench...
What Works, What’s Broken,
and How to Change It
HER HONOR
By LaDORIS HAZZARD CORDELL
“A brave, profound and affecting book that combines wisdom, candor, wit and humanity in equal measure, Her Honor is a sterling embodiment of the meaning of judicial independence that should be required reading for law students and anyone interested in our system of justice.”
–KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN
Former Dean, Stanford Law School
Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.
HER HONOR
By LaDORIS HAZZARD CORDELL
Celadon Books
a division of Macmillan Publishers
Photo credit: Peter Prato
