Pennsylvania Code
Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part II - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 31 - CONTINUING JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Section 31.4 - Minimum Continuing Judicial Education Requirements

Universal Citation: 204 PA Code ยง 31.4

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) General Requirement. Commencing January 1, 2017, every Judge, annually, shall complete a minimum of three (3) hours of continuing education in judicial ethics and a minimum of nine (9) hours of continuing education in judicial practice and related areas as defined by the Board.

(b) Fulfillment.

(i) Course Attendance and Alternatives. The CJE requirement shall be fulfilled by attending the required number of CJE courses delivered by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts' Judicial Education Department or accredited providers, or by completing a CJE activity approved by the Board as sufficient to meet the CJE general requirement.

(ii) Courses Offered by the Judicial Education Department. Four (4) of the annual CJE requirement shall be earned through courses offered by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts' Judicial Education Department. This requirement shall be waived for 2017.

(iii) Distance Learning Courses. Four (4) of the annual CJE requirement may be earned through approved computer-based or distance education courses.

(iv) Teaching or Alternative Educational Activity. Four (4) of the annual CJE requirement may be earned through Board approved teaching or alternative education activities.

(c) Newly Elected or Appointed Judges. Every newly elected or appointed Judge serving the Commonwealth's Courts of Common Pleas and the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall attend New Judge School administered by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts' Judicial Education Department in its entirety at his or her first opportunity. This requirement shall be in addition to the annual CJE requirements described herein.

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