{"id":12225,"date":"2022-01-24T17:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=12225"},"modified":"2022-01-24T18:31:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:31:39","slug":"inclusion-on-the-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2022\/01\/24\/inclusion-on-the-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion on the bench"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12225\" class=\"elementor elementor-12225\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5955bee2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5955bee2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-479b14c0\" data-id=\"479b14c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a561702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a561702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Representation in Arizona<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df6e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6df6e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DeborahAnnBegay-group-of-judges.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DeborahAnnBegay-group-of-judges.png 960w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DeborahAnnBegay-group-of-judges-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DeborahAnnBegay-group-of-judges-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/DeborahAnnBegay-group-of-judges-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c53ebf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c53ebf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of the 26 elected justices of the peace in Maricopa County, <strong>Judge Deborah Ann Begay<\/strong> (\u201910) is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/click.reply.asu.edu\/?qs=63b79072b298e23e9d9945c1436cfdabcec0e68b1936a50bd614f20c77d052f352fb80e160ff66b336ae057ee85b4de8da2a79c541e41fc8\">representing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Indian Country in a big way! 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