PA+State+Court+System+Assignment

Follow the links below to answer the provided questions on the Judicial System in PA.

Judicial Qualifications and Tenure

What is the term length for a district magistrate?

Are magistrates required to have a law degree?

Are judges and justices in PA elected or appointed? What are the term lengths?

What is meant by "merit retention"?

About the PA Courts

What do we call the trial courts in PA?

How many judicial districts are there in PA? What two counties geographically close to us are in the same judicial district?

What is the difference between the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court?

How many justices sit on the PA Supreme Court?

How does one become Chief Justice of the PA Supreme Court?

What is meant by the "king's bench power"?