LaDoris Cordell
LaDoris Cordell | |
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| Judge of the Superior Court, Santa Clara County, San Jose, California | |
| In office June 1988 – February 2001 | |
| Judge of the Municipal Court, Santa Clara County, San Jose, California | |
| In office April 1982 – June 1988 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | LaDoris Louise Hazzard November 19, 1949 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Antioch College (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
| Website | Official website |
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (born November 19, 1949) is an American retired judge of the Superior Court of California, and a retired Independent Police Auditor for the City of San José, California.
As the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Stanford Law School (1978-82), Cordell developed an admissions program that led to a dramatic increase in the number of African American and Latino students at the law school. Within a year, Stanford Law School went from last to first place in the enrollment of students of color among major law schools.
Cordell was the first female African American judge in Northern California, and the first African American Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County, California. For more than a decade, she taught judicial conduct and ethics at B. E. Witkin Judicial College of California.