Commentaries by Jason Birriel

Are State Judicial Mandatory Retirement Ages Still Permissible?

October 7, 2014 02:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Birriel, St. John's University School of Law, Class of 2015, is the author of the third article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Birriel discusses the...

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