First Adopted: February 29, 2008
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2024
Rule 10 | Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Nonpartisan Judicial Commissions and Judicial Performance Review
10.55 | Duties
(a) The committee is charged with the duties to:
(1)
Collect information on judicial performance, including survey responses
from lawyers, jurors, litigants, and other reliable sources;
(2) Review judicial performance based on performance review standards adopted by the committee;
(3)
Determine whether a judge substantially meets overall judicial
performance review standards by a vote of the committee members;
(4)
Communicate the vote on the proposition to the judge before publication
and provide a process for the judge to provide additional information
and request a reconsideration of the vote before the vote is made
public; and
(5)
Release information to the public about the judicial performance review
process and the final vote of the committee, to be disseminated on or
before October 1 of an election year by The Missouri Bar and its
affiliates in a manner designed to maximize the use of the information
by the public.
(b) The Missouri Bar shall
continue to provide such administrative, technological, and financial
support as may be reasonably required for the judicial performance
review process.
(Adopted February 29, 2008, effective February 29, 2008. Amended March 12, 2014, effective March 12, 2014; amended July 25, 2014, effective July 25, 2014; June 15, 2016, effective June 15, 2016; amended December 24, 2019, effective December 24, 2019; amended May 23, 2023, effective January 1, 2024.)