Rule 503: Judicial Education Advisory Committee

(a)   Purpose. A Judicial Education Advisory Committee is established to recommend and organize education and training programs for Kansas appellate judges, district judges, and district magistrate judges. Programs will be designed to accomplish the following goals:

(1)   to educate judges regarding the knowledge, skills, and techniques required to perform judicial responsibilities fairly, correctly, and efficiently; and

(2)   to improve the administration of justice, reduce court delay, and promote fair and efficient management of all court proceedings.

(b)   Membership. The Committee is composed of:

(1)   one representative of the appellate judges;

(2)   up to ten representatives of the district judges and district magistrate judges with the goal of maximizing balance among each of the six judicial departments and among district judges and district magistrate judges;

(3)   and one nonvoting representative of the Office of Judicial Administration.

(c)   Appointment. All members of the Judicial Education Advisory Committee will be appointed by the Supreme Court.

(d)   Terms.

(1)   The term of each member of the Committee will be three years. No member of the Committee will be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, with the exception that a member appointed to complete an unexpired term will be eligible to serve two more consecutive three-year terms. A member may serve additional terms after a break in service.

(2)   Notwithstanding the limitation on the number of representatives in subsection (b)(2), all representatives of the district judges and magistrate judges as of July 1, 2019, will remain on the Committee until their terms expire.

(e)   OJA Representative and Liaison Justice.

(1)   In addition to the membership described in subsection (b):

(A)   there will be a permanent, nonvoting seat on the Committee for a representative of the Office of Judicial Administration and

(B)   the chief justice of the Supreme Court will designate a liaison justice who will serve as the nonvoting chair of the Committee.

(2)   A person serving on the Committee under this subsection is not subject to a term limit under subsection (d).

[History: New rule effective June 30, 2010; Am. effective November 26, 2019.]