VIDEO - THE RECALL: REFRAMED, November 15, 2022
Racing Horse Productions: THE RECALL: REFRAMED examines the 2018 recall of California Judge Aaron Persky, who lost his judgeship after handing down a sentence deemed too lenient by many in the infamous sexual assault case involving Stanford swimmer Brock Turner. The recall came at the height of the #MeToo movement, and some hailed it as a victory against rape culture, white privilege, and a system stacked against survivors of sexual violence. But there’s more to the story. The film offers competing perspectives and asks the difficult question: Who actually bears the burden when we demand harsher punishment for a privileged white defendant?
AUDIO - WNYC STUDIOS | THE TAKEAWAY, October 21, 2022: DOWNBALLOT: How to Judge a Judge - "Everything you can think of that impacts human beings happens in our courts. And judges are the ones who decide they have tremendous power. We don't know enough about them. So how do we pick the best judges when they're on the ballot? My answer is you can't unless you have sufficient information to know who these people are. And therein lies the problem. There is very little information out there about who these judicial candidates are." - LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
VIDEO - The Forum at Grace Cathedral, October 16, 2022: A Conversation with LaDoris Hazzard Cordell: Her Honor.
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VIDEO - Judge LaDoris Cordell on the new Supreme Court term, October 14, 2022.
VIDEO - SPECTRUM NEWS 1, October 06, 2022: Supreme Court Term Kicks Off, guest LaDoris Cordell.
VIDEO - KPIX 5 | CBS SF BAY AREA, September 27, 2022: Alameda Co. Sheriff faces fallout over deputies taken off duty over psych exams. "This is a mess that should never have happened," said LaDoris Cordell.
VIDEO - FOX2 | KTVU, September 12, 2022: One-third of San Jose police officers faced complaints in 2021. Cordell says this raises one over-arching issue: "The police, be it San Jose, Los Angeles or San Francisco, should never investigate themselves. Never. There should be an independent entity that conducts investigations into police misconduct."
VIDEO - Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164, September 5, 2022: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell.
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PODCAST - Booktalk with Diana Korte, August 19, 2022: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell's "HER HONOR, My Life on the Bench..."
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VIDEO - FOX2 | KTVU, July 1, 2022: Racist graffiti found at Palo Alto park as hate crimes rise statewide. "It just saddens me," said Hazzard Cordell. "I mean, African Americans, we are only 1.8% of the population of this city, and yet there are individuals who think it is really important for them to come to this city and to express their hate in this fashion."
VIDEO - NBC BAY AREA, June 24, 2022: Legal and Political Ramifications of Overturning Roe V. Wade. Raj Mathai spoke to retired judge LaDoris Cordell and Political Analyst Larry Gerston for some insight on the monumental move.
VIDEO - League of Women Voters, recorded June 4, 2022: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, the 2022 LWV Southwest Santa Clara Valley's Annual Meeting keynote speaker.
VIDEO - NBC BAY AREA, June 8, 2022: A Closer Look: What's Next After Chesa Boudin Recall? Jessica Aguirre spoke with Political Analyst Larry Gerston and retired judge LaDoris Cordell about what’s next for San Francisco following the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
VIDEO - SPECTRUM NEWS 1 | Your Morning, May 26, 2022: Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell discusses gun reform, and legislative changes she deems necessary following the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.
VIDEO - ABC7 NEWS | KGO BAY AREA, May 17, 2022: Tech, business and legal experts weigh-in as CA's 'Women on Boards' law ruled unconstitutional. In her opinion, the judge wrote "there was no proof that this law, SB 826, will improve opportunities for women in the workplace."
VIDEO - ABC7 NEWS | KGO BAY AREA, May 6, 2022: SJPD officer accused of sexual misconduct while responding to call, report says: "If these officers are determined to have engaged in misconduct, one repercussion or consequence is that they could be decertified. That is, they could no longer be in law enforcement. And they couldn't just hop over from the San Jose Police Department to another police department," said LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, retired Superior Court Judge and former Independent Police Auditor for the City of San Jose.
VIDEO - KPIX 5 | CBS SF BAY AREA, May 6, 2022: 'Not credible;' Judge dismisses ADA lawsuit against Redwood City restaurant: "I see him as a chronic abuser of the ADA... he's just not well-intentioned. What his purpose has been is to put money in his pockets by just going around finding places that he can sue for lack of compliance to ADA," said Ret. judge and KPIX legal expert LaDoris Cordell.
VIDEO - Santa Clara County Superior Court, May 4, 2022: Young Women's Power Lunch 2022, "Be The Upstanders."
VIDEO - KTVU FOX 2, May 4, 2022: Retired judge laments possible overturn of Roe v. Wade. Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell speaks about the draft opinion to overturn Roe V. Wade.
VIDEO - KPIX 5 | CBS SF BAY AREA, April 18, 2022: Man Wrongfully Convicted In 1990 San Francisco Murder Exonerated.
VIDEO - Reaching Beyond: YCS 2022 Authors Celebration, Spring Fundraiser, April 14, 2022.
VIDEO - Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court, April 7, 2022: “This doesn't take courage. This nomination and voting for her was common sense. And if anyone understands the legal system and how important representational diversity is, it doesn't take courage at all. It's common sense,” said LaDoris Cordell, a former judge, and a former independent police auditor.
“So those who did not vote for her, they expressed themselves quite well with their baseless, race-baiting, and insulting comments and questions to her. And I hope we spend very little time on these individuals who are basically very hypocritical and/or do not have an understanding of how the legal system works, particularly the criminal legal system.”
VIDEO - KPIX 5 | CBS SF BAY AREA, April 7, 2022: Trailblazing Bay Area Jurist Reflects on Senate Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Thirty hours of questioning, most of which from the Republican side was hostile, was disrespectful, was race-baiting and yet she took the high road and just persevered,” Cordell observed.
She questions the roots of the criticism leveled against Jackson. “She went to Harvard undergrad, Harvard Law School, did well, clerked for a U.S. Supreme Court justice and yet there are people saying ‘no, she’s just not good enough.’ There are still people who just can’t accept that we — people of color, women — are qualified,” Cordell said.
VIDEO - KPIX 5 | CBS SF BAY AREA, Family of Erik Salgado Demands Justice After Decision Not To Charge CHP Officers Who Fatally Shot Him, April 5, 2022: “The DA has said, ‘Well, I’m not really clear that that’s what happened, but right now I have nothing else to turn to.’ Why? Because there’s no video,” said LaDoris Cordell, a former judge, and a former independent police auditor.
Cordell says video from body-worn cameras would have taken away any doubt as to whether the shooting was justified. According to the DA, the cameras were not required per CHP policy.
“Had they had cameras on and activated, we wouldn’t be having this conversation, nor would the DA have any question about whether or not pressing charges, filing charges was the right thing to do,” says Cordell.
VIDEO - ABC 7 NEWS | KGO BAY AREA, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, March 26, 2022.
Art installations by Womanhood Project celebrate accomplishments of Santa Clara County women: "Our hope is when that little girl walks down the street and sees that sign, she's gonna say, 'I want to be just like her.'"
AUDIO - NPR | KQED 1A, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History, March 24, 2022: We speak to a law professor, a former judge, and a current law student who all know the struggle of trying to break glass ceilings. Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.), Melissa Murray, and Simone Yhap join us for the conversation.
VIDEO - KTVU FOX 2, Supreme Court nominee resonates with Black women in law, March 22, 2022: “This confirmation hearing is a huge deal. It's a big deal for America and the reason I say that is that the US Supreme Court should look like America. It has not.”
AUDIO - Decarceration Nation Podcast, Episode 123 Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell – Her Honor, March 7, 2022: Joshua B. Hoe interviews Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell about her time on the bench and about her book “Her Honor.”
AUDIO - The Pat Thurston Show, February 28, 2022: Retired Judge Ladoris Hazzard Cordell joins Pat Thurston to discuss her experience as the first female judge appointed in Northern California, serving from 1982 to 2001.
AUDIO - IN HOUSE WARRIOR, February 22, 2022: Retired Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell joins co-hosts Richard Levick and Michael Zeldin to discuss her new book.
VIDEO - Marin Coalition: Our Judicial System: Broken But Fixable? February 17, 2022: Judge Cordell’s recent book 'Her Honor' describes her life on the bench: “what works, what’s broken, and how to change it.”
Judge Cordell's "The Fix" slide:
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AUDIO - NPR | KQED, February 9, 2022: A Black woman on the High Court is a good start. But representation has limits.
AUDIO - NPR | All Things Considered, recorded February 7, 2022: Black women in the legal profession reflect on how long it's taken to get this far.
VIDEO - NBC BAY AREA, recorded January 28, 2022.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who grew up in San Francisco, formally announced he’s stepping away from the bench. And that opens the door for a Black woman to replace him. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, retired judge of the Superior Court of California, for some insight.
AUDIO - LEGAL SPEAK, recorded January 21, 2022: ‘I Was an Activist Judge’: Judge LaDoris Cordell’s Letters Home Inspired Book Revisiting Her Life on the Bench.
VIDEO - KQED NEWSROOM, recorded January 21, 2022: Judge LaDoris Cordell has plenty of ideas for how to fix the system and shares her insights in her recent book.
AUDIO - That Said with Michael Zeldin, recorded January 10, 2022: A Conversation with The Honorable Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
