Rule 10.465 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access(a) Education on bias and the prevention of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and inappropriate workplace conduct(1) Each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer must participate in bias education (including explicit, implicit, and/or unconscious bias).(2) Each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer must participate in education on the prevention of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and inappropriate workplace conduct.(3) The education in (1) and (2) must be taken at least once every three-year continuing education cycle as determined under rules 10.461(c)(1) and 10.462(d).(b) Additional education on fairness and accessTo achieve the objective of assisting judicial officers in preserving the integrity and impartiality of the judicial system through the prevention of bias, each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer should regularly participate in education on fairness and access in addition to that required in (a). The education should include the following subjects: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and persons with disabilities, persons with limited economic means, and persons without stable housing.
Rule 10.465 adopted effective 1/1/2025.