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Rule 43.4 – Sanctioning procedures

May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia

(1) In December of each year, the Committee on Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education will receive a report from the Council of Superior Court Judges detailing the creditable participation of judges in MCJE activities for that year. At the same time, every superior court judge will also receive from the Council of Superior Court Judges a report on his or her creditable activity.

Judges failing to attain the required twelve hours in any year will be notified by the committee chair that they have not met the MCJE participation requirement for that year. Following receipt of such notice, a judge shall submit a plan for making up any deficiency in education requirements. Education credit hours earned thereafter shall first be credited to the deficiency for any prior year.

(2) Judges who fail to earn a minimum of twenty four hours over a two year period shall receive a private administrative admonition issued from the Committee on Mandatory Continuing Education of the Council of Superior Court Judges detailing the consequences of failure to fulfill the training requirements
(3) Upon a judges failure to fulfill the training requirements at the end of three years, the President of the Council of Superior Court Judges shall issue a public reprimand, with a copy spread upon the minutes of each county in the circuit where the judge serves.

Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 43.4