How do they match: Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

  • Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

  • Criminal Court Judge
  • Criminal Judge
  • Justice
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Administrative Law Judge
  • Administrative Court Justice
  • Police Justice
  • Restorative Justice Coordinator
  • Superior Court Justice
  • Trial Justice

  • Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.

  • Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.
  • Interpret and enforce rules of procedure or establish new rules in situations where there are no procedures already established by law.
  • Sentence defendants in criminal cases, on conviction by jury, according to applicable government statutes.