HOW DOES SOMEONE BECOME A LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?
Judges in Louisiana are chosen by election. As of January 1, 2008, to serve as a justice of the supreme court or a judge on a state court of appeal, a person must have been admitted to practice law in Louisiana for 10 years and been domiciled in the respective district, circuit or parish for one year preceding election. Persons wanting to serve as a judge on a district court, family court, parish court or court having solely juvenile jurisdiction shall have been domiciled in the respective district, circuit or parish for one year preceding election and have been admitted to practice law in Louisiana for eight years. Judges of city courts shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana for at least five years previous to their election, and qualified resident electors of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for at least two years prior to their election.
