Rule 1 - Creation and organization of the committee1. Creation and purpose. The Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics is hereby created to provide judges and aspirants to judicial office advisory opinions regarding ethical matters that may arise in the ordinary course of judicial service, or in the elective or appointment process.2. Organization of the committee. The committee shall consist of eighteen members. Twelve shall be attorneys, and six shall be judges designated to serve on the ethics advisory committee as provided in Rule 5. The Board of Governors of the State Bar shall appoint the attorney members. The supreme court shall appoint three district judges and three judges serving either as municipal court judges or justices of the peace.
(a) Terms. Appointments or reappointments are for a two-year term of office. The initial membership shall have staggered terms. No member shall be appointed to more than four consecutive full terms.(b) Removal. Committee members are not subject to removal by their appointing authority during their terms of office, except for cause. Cause includes unexcused failures to attend scheduled meetings, the number of which the committee shall set in an attendance policy.3. Officers of the committee. There shall be a chair and vice-chair. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline shall appoint the chair and vice-chair from the attorney members of the committee for two-year terms.4. Executive director of the committee. The executive director of the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline shall act as the executive director of the committee.Added effective 12/1/1997; amended effective 10/5/2015.