The Latest: Reform group, law school leader share ideas

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a North Carolina Senate committee examining whether to propose changes to how judges are selected (all times local):

5:55 p.m.

A national judicial reform group and North Carolina law school leader back altering the state's current method of selecting judges, offering to legislators options more focused on appointment and confirmation and less on current head-to-head elections.

A leader at the Brennan Center for Justice and the University of North Carolina law school dean offered their ideas Wednesday to a state Senate committee considering massive changes to the state judiciary. Any changes could be considered formally in a special General Assembly session next month.