Ohio Gov. Jud. R. 5

As amended through October 29, 2024
Section 5 - Continuing Legal Education Requirements for Acting Judges
(A)Credit Hours. As part of twenty-four hours of the continuing legal education requirements for attorneys pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, an acting judge shall complete a minimum of ten credit hours of continuing legal education instruction for each biennial compliance period that are offered by the Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College that do not consist solely of the instruction on professional conduct required by Gov. Bar R. X, Section 3(B).
(B) Registration. Each acting judge shall register annually with the Secretary of the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education in a manner authorized by the Commission.
(C)Emergency Appointment. Divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall not apply to an acting judge appointed due to both of the following reasons:
(1) An event or circumstance that is unforeseen and requires the appointing judge to be away from the court, including but not limited to a family illness or death;
(2) No acting judge who is registered pursuant to division (B) of this section is available or the application for a visiting judge or retired judge sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court would be impracticable.
(D)Length of Emergency Appointment. The appointment of an acting judge to whom division (C) of this section applies shall last no longer than twenty-four hours or until the conclusion of the next day the court regularly is open if the appointment is made on a weekend, holiday, or other day on which the court is not open.

Ohio Gov. Jud. R. 5

Adopted August 2, 2022, effective 9/1/2022.