Reply To: Are Chareidi women judges the wave of the future?

Regarding arkaot, I heard about a frum judge in NYC (there are several – I even met one at an OU convention and there is now a retired UK judge in one my shiurim) who got a civil suit involving Chassidim. He reprimanded them and told them to go to a bet din. However, there is a problem (and i do not think only by Chassidim) of people not recognizing each other’s battei din. What then happens is that the bet din issues a ketav siruv and the plaintiff goes to the secular court. In Israel, BTW, judges are authorized to refer people to mediation or arbitration and often do in order to clear their crowded calendars. The bet din of Eretz Hemdah-Gazit receives many such referrals and not just from frum judges.