Karnes County Judge Barbara Najvar Shaw has been honored by the Texas Judicial Academy for going the extra mile to be prepared to handle her duties as county judge.

Judge Shaw was inducted as a Fellow in the Texas Judicial Academy Nov. 15 at a reception in Galveston, Moody Gardens Hotel, during the 2012 Fall Judicial Education Session.

The Academy, a partnership between the Texas Tech University School of Law and the Texas Association of Counties, names as Fellows each year those judges who attain significant judicial education above that required by state law.

The educational program for the Texas Judicial Academy is overseen by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and includes instruction by higher court judges, law school faculty as well as representatives of the Texas Probate College and the National Judicial College