Articles From Hon. Patricia C. Coffey | Illinois State Bar Association

Judges need hugs too: Insights into judicial stress By Hon. Patricia C. Coffey Bench and Bar, May 2005 Judges have it easy. We arrive late, take two-hour lunch breaks, leave early and, when it suits our fancy, take time to don our black robes and reign, arbitrarily and capriciously, in courtrooms where our word is law, at least until it is reviewed by a higher court.

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