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Judiciary guests on Your Humanities’ Half-Hour Radio
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Posted on Apr 28 2012
Acting Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro and Justice John A. Manglona were recently accompanied by former judge Timothy Bellas and “We the People” student coach Carmen Borja for the taping of an edition of the radio program Your Humanities’ Half Hour, hosted by Catherine Perry for the Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities.
The show will be heard on Power 99 at 2pm on Sunday, April 29. During the program the group discussed a variety of community outreach and education efforts involving the judiciary and its facilities, including the “We the People” competition, Law Day Poster and Essays Contests for elementary schools, and the judges in the Classroom program.
Judges in the Classroom is an ongoing educational effort which involves members of the judiciary and its staff along with CNMI Bar Association members who visit classrooms throughout the Commonwealth and speak about the court system, the making of laws and civic responsibility.
Law Week 2012 activities at the Guma Hustisia-Limwal Aweewe conclude this year on Thursday, May 3, with the Attorney Generals’ Cup held in the CNMI Supreme Court courtroom, beginning at 8am.
In the final segment of the radio show’s taping former Judge Timothy Bellas, joined by Northern Marianas Judiciary Historic Society executive director Jim Stowell, reflected on the numerous individual contributions that resulted in the publication of the Northern Marianas Judiciary-a Historical Perspective by the Judiciary Historical Society. The award winning and Library of Congress registered book includes numerous pictures and chronicles the evolution of the judicial system in the Northern Marianas from the Spanish times through the Trust Territories era and into to the present, when a fully functioning and independent judiciary exists.
