TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Court of Appeals is getting a new judge.

Kathryn Gardner was being sworn in Friday in the Supreme Court courtroom in the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka.

Gov. Sam Brownback nominated Gardner in January and she was confirmed by the Kansas Senate in March.

Gardner served as the law clerk for U.S. District Judge Sam Crow since 2000 after spending 12 years as a practicing lawyer in Wichita and two years as an assistant state attorney general.

Gardner disclosed in documents to the Senate that she taught and studied at seminars organized by the conservative law group Alliance Defending Freedom. She is also a member of the Christian Legal Society.

The public can watch the ceremony live on the Kansas Judicial Branch website at www.kscourts.org .