Forum on Feb. 15 to examine judicial reforms
Posted on Monday, February 6, 2006
BENTON COUNTY — An upcoming forum on the results of the reform of Arkansas judiciary will explain and assess a major effort toward governmental reform, one of the organizers of the forum said.
Benton and Washington counties’ League of Women Voters chapters finalized plans recently for the forum on the affects of state constitutional Amendment 80, the amendment which reformed the state judicial system.
Sponsored by the League chapters in conjunction with the University of Arkansas Law School, the 90-minute forum will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Blair Public Library, in the library’s Walker Community Room, in Fayetteville. The event is free and open to the public.
In 2000, Arkansas voters passed the amendment, which changed the method of selecting the state’s judges, from partisan to nonpartisan elections. The measure also transformed the Arkansas judiciary by consolidating the numerous courts of limited jurisdiction, merging the courts of law and equity, and generally bringing the Arkansas judiciary into line with the court systems of other U.S. states.
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