LaDoris Cordell's Interviews
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell: Becoming a judge against overwhelming odds of race and gender
https://www.alainguillot.com/ladoris-hazzard-cordell/ LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was the first female African-American judge in Northern California, she shares her experience in her book Her Honor: My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ED4uol
Judge LaDoris Cordell discusses what's broken in the criminal justice system
LaDoris Cordell has racked up quite a few firsts in her decades-spanning legal career: In 1982 she became the first black woman judge to serve on any court in Northern California. Then six years later after a successful election bid she became the first black superior court judge in Santa Clara County’s history. But th
Judge LaDoris Cordell on How to Fix a Broken Legal System
"Judging is not for the faint of heart," writes Judge LaDoris Cordell in her new memoir "Her Honor." Over two decades, as the first Black female jurist to sit on a superior court in Northern California, Cordell oversaw thousands of civil and criminal cases, many of which laid bare for her the racial biases and other st
Shout-outs
Add shout-out