Notwithstanding Justice Judy`s findings, both parties to a case present themselves as winners. This is because the show pays for the arbitration award, as well as the air and hotel costs of the parties to the trial. For most parties to the trial, it`s a free trip to Los Angeles. All that is done at the end of the series is to create the illusion in which viewers buy themselves — that it is a real judge who goes through a real trial. However, judges who act on real trials could never behave as Justice Judy is infamous, because there are strict codes of judicial conduct. 1. The cases are real — but the procedure is an arbitration procedure. A final word of caution: being on a television judge`s show like «Judge Judy» involves signing a lot of small legal characters. You can consult a lawyer to make sure your rights are protected before continuing your 15 minutes of fame. Short TV is not fake, but the setup is not quite honest. The courtroom is actually a set, with rented extras who are paid to be more banned, so the bailiff can say «Come to order!» when Judge Judy enters. As for Sheindlin, she has not been a judge for decades. While Justice Judy, she plays the role of arbitrator in a mandatory arbitration procedure – a private alternative to a trial.

This aspect of judicial television – that if Judy Sheindlin and other judges charge the accused, it is the producers who actually pay – is a secret. The media reported citing the parties to the trial who appeared before Judge Judy. Sheindlin himself confirmed this in interviews, and we confirmed this with both Sharon Houston and Sheindlin`s publicist. Wapner said since then: «It`s a disgrace to the profession. She does things that I do not think a judge should do. She`s asking people to shut up. She`s rude. She`s arrogant. She humiliates people.

If it does it on purpose, it is even worse. Judges must meet certain standards of conduct. She doesn`t, and it me off. The public is inclined to feel that judges are behaving in this way. He says «judge» on the badge on the bench, and she wears a dress. [119] The power that Justice Judy and the rest of the television arbitrators have over the litigants is granted by a contract specific to their case, which they sign before they appear on the program. These contracts make the arbitrators` decision final and binding, prevent the parties from negotiating the terms of the arbitration in the meantime, and allow «judges» to exercise broad discretion over the rules of procedure and evidence during the arbitration process. In a real small claims court, judges will listen to both parties and rely on each party to provide the most important points of a dispute. But Justice Judy largely renounces the content of a brief complaint and uses time in the courtroom to ask questions, cut off and control testimony — all to amuse the audience.