Supreme Court Rules

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.)
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