Rule I - General ProvisionsRule 1. Organization and Administration. Administration of a policy of judicial education shall be the responsibility of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court as Chief Administrative Official of the Alabama Judicial System.
(a) The Administrative Director of Courts ("the ADC") shall administer, through the Alabama Judicial College ("the AJC"), the program of continuing judicial education for all officials who are subject to these Rules. The ADC may establish rules and regulations or modify existing rules and regulations relating to the judicial-education program, but all such rules and regulations are subject to approval by the Alabama Supreme Court. (b) The director of the AJC, under the supervision of the ADC, shall determine all issues of schedule, content, and compatibility of judicial-education matters under the direction of the ADC and the Chief Justice. (c) The ADC shall submit proposed policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures applicable to all judicial-education programs or activities to the Alabama Supreme Court at the request of the Court. (d) The ADC, through the director of the AJC and the finance director of the Administrative Office of Courts, shall be responsible for all financial matters dealing with the judicial-education program, including, but not limited to, all procurement of funding, determining charges for attendees, contracting, receipting of funds, disbursing payments, and the reporting of financial information. The Alabama Judicial College Education Fund has been established to facilitate all financial matters. (e) The Alabama Judicial College Faculty Association, as currently composed or as may be composed in the future, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Chief Justice and the ADC regarding policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures of the judicial-education program. Rule 2. Annual Reporting. The annual reporting period for compliance with these Rules is a period of one year, with the first period beginning on the first day of January after an individual becomes an employee of the judicial system and continuing until the last day of December of each year.
Rule 3. Computation of Judicial Education Credit. Credit for approved programs shall be awarded on the basis of one credit for each hour actually spent in attendance at approved or accredited judicial-system-education activities. Partial credit can be earned in one-tenth hour increments. The number of credit hours shall include only instructional hours and will not include credit for introductory remarks, meal breaks, or business meetings.
Rule 4. Defined Terms. Terms defined in this Rule I or in any of the following rules shall have the same meaning in all rules.
Adopted effective 11/18/2013.Note from the reporter of decisions: The order adopting Rules for Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education For Municipal Court Judges, Municipal Magistrates/clerks, and Probate Judges, effective November 18, 2013, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from __ So. 3d __.
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