Rule 6.2 - Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education Requirements.(a)Minimum Hours. Every Judicial Officer in the unified judicial system shall be required to complete ten (10) hours of continuing Judicial Education per Reporting Year, a requirement that can be met through participation in the Judicial Conferences as set forth in subsection (c). Newly-appointed judges shall be required to attend the National Judicial College course or the equivalent appropriate to their appointment within their first year on the bench; hours spent in such attendance shall be counted toward their ten (10) hour requirement for that year. Judges now serving who have not attended the National Judicial College course appropriate to their appointment shall be required to attend as funding is available.(b)Ethics. The on-going study of judicial ethics shall be required of all Judicial Officers. Judicial ethics shall also be included as part of the content of the Judicial Conferences as set forth in subsection (c).(c)Judicial Conferences. In order to assist Judicial Officers in meeting the mandatory Judicial Education requirements, a judicial conference consisting of all the Judicial Officers of the Supreme, Superior, Family, District, and Workers' Compensation Courts and the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal shall be scheduled in the fall and winter of each Reporting Year. Topics for the judicial conferences shall include, but are not limited to, Judicial Education, matters relating to judicial business, the improvement of the judicial system, and the administration of justice. Although active and retired Judicial Officers are not required to participate in the judicial conferences, they are encouraged to do so.(d)Exemptions. Retired judges sitting less than half time shall be exempt from these requirements. Retired judges sitting half time or more shall be required to complete five (5) hours of continuing Judicial Education per Reporting Year, a requirement that can be met through participation in the Judicial Conferences as set forth in subsection (c).