In 2002, retired Judge Bernard Boland wrote this article for “Bench & Bar” on ten judicial aspirations for new judges. It has helped shape many judicial practices over the years, including my own. Hopefully, it will do the same for you.
Now in my 20th year as a judge, I was recently asked, along with many others, to jot down some of the things I would like to tell newly appointed judges. It occurs to me that most of my musings also apply to the practice of law and to practicing lawyers, who, to paraphrase our 16th President, could also find useful the free advice that is too often a judge’s stock in trade.