Are official qualifications (degrees, scholarly publications) more important than personal ones (life experience, personality, values) when it comes to determining the qualities that make a good judge? Explain your reasons why

What will be an ideal response?


Judges have often worked in large or small law firms or have prior experience as prosecutors. Other than that there aren't a lot of formal qualifications and there are numerous informal qualifications. Informal qualifications include professional competence, political qualifications, and political connections. Opinions will vary.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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