North Carolina
North Carolina Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Former civil rights lawyer
- 7 Total seats
- 0 Current vacancies
- 3 Prosecutors
- 0 Public Defenders (or other indigent defense experience)
- 2 Civil Rights Lawyers
How Members of the North Carolina Supreme Court are Selected:
Partisan Election
Justices ares elected and re-elected in partisan elections to eight-year terms until mandatory retirement at age 72. Interim selections to fill vacancies that occur between elections are made by governor appointment.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map