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Rules and Forms | Judicial Branch Education: Rules Review and Modernization (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Center for Judicial Education and Research Advisory Committee recommends amending 19 rules of court governing judicial branch education. The amendments are required to recognize new education delivery methods, adopt current adult education terminology, provide court staff and judicial officers a greater degree of authority and flexibility in meeting their educational needs, resolve requirement disparities between similar groups, adopt gender-neutral language, and clarify and simplify existing language.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Center for Judicial Education and Research Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2023, amend California Rules of Court, rules 2.812, 2.813, 2.815, 5.340, 10.452, 10.461-10.464, 10.468, 10.469, 10.471-10.474, 10.478, 10.479, 10.481, and 10.491 related to judicial branch education to generally provide judicial officers and the courts with greater clarity and flexibility in complying with the rules.