A four-member delegation of leaders from Mongolia is on a
special mission in Fort Worth, Texas 
—  to learn about judicial checks
and balances through a cooperative program with the Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law. The goal is to improve the Asian nation”s 20-year democracy.
“Once corruption spreads to the judiciary, the whole system would be
corrupt. It is our goal to have the most uncorrupt justice,” said Biraa
Chimid, who is described as the father of Mongolia”s constitution.

The delegation is visiting Texas to learn about judicial
ethics as part the law school”s Asian Judicial Institute. The law school has
been helping Mongolia since 1996 with its transition from communism to a
democratic system with Western-style economic principles.

Delegation members learned about small claims court
Monday morning. They attended an afternoon presentation on the Ethics
Commission in Texas and on the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct. Today, they will
visit the Tarrant County Bar Association. And later this week, they are to
travel to Austin to meet with the chief justice of the Supreme Court and visit
the governor”s office and the Texas Ethics Commission.

G. Ganzorig, legal adviser to the president of Mongolia,
said the delegates are trying to strengthen their system by delving into issues
of judicial impartiality, the separation of powers and a code of conduct. The
delegation will also explore how to establish a bar association. “We want
to create good cooperation with the office of the Texas governor,”
Ganzorig said.