Although the Bar Association's judicial appointments committee ended its deliberations late this afternoon, members declined to discuss the outcome of their vote.

The Council has an appointments committee which is made up of independent, non-Council members.

Four commissioners have resigned, another has been removed and a sixth has failed to win endorsement from the Mayor's appointments committee.

Mr. Esnard said the Mayor would meet in the next two weeks with 23 candidates recommended by the appointments committee.

The appointments committee makes recommendations to the full faculty for a vote, which is then sent to the dean.

However, the senior appointments committee overruled the departments, and Cole was not appointed.

"The appointments committee has had a chance to watch her since last fall, but nothing has happened," he said.

A few weeks later the appointments committee asked him back for another interview; only one other candidate remained on the shortlist.

The following afternoon, the appointments committee told him that they had offered the job to the other man and that he had accepted.

The membership of the new media body should not be appointed by ministers or parliament, but by an appointments committee.