Rule 3-111.01. Goals of performance evaluation for certification for retention election.

Intent:

To specify the goals of evaluating judges for certification for retention election.

Applicability:

This rule shall apply to the Judicial Council and to the judges and commissioners of the courts of record and courts not of record.

Statement of the Rule:

The goals of the judicial performance evaluation program are to:

(1) establish the criteria upon which judges will be evaluated, the standards against which judicial performance will be measured and the methods for fairly, accurately and reliably measuring judicial performance;

(2) generate and to provide to judges and commissioners information about their performance;

(3) establish the procedures by which the Council will evaluate and certify judges for retention election or reappointment;

(4) establish the procedures by which the Council will evaluate and certify commissioners for reappointment;

(5) provide meaningful and relevant information to the public or applicable appointing authority to assist in the decision to retain or reappoint judges and commissioners; and

(6) protect the independence of judges and commissioners in their obligations under federal and state constitutions, federal and state statutes and court rules.