Order ¶ 1
Order Establishing Committee on Judicial Conduct
Rule Text
There is hereby established a Committee on Judicial Conduct, consisting of eight members appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court. One member shall be a justice of the Superior Court. One member shall be a judge of the District Court. One member shall be a judge of the Probate Courts. Two members shall be attorneys at law admitted to practice in the State of Maine, and three members shall be representatives of the general public of the State of Maine and shall not be attorneys or members of the judiciary. The public and attorney members shall be appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court upon the recommendation of the Governor.
Amendment history: All of the Justices concurring therein, the ORDER establishing this Committee took effect on July 5, 1978. The Order was amended by orders that took effect on August 21, 1978, December 11, 1981, March 7, 1983, November 15, 1983, December 1, 1984, August 18, 1987, May 13, 1993, August 1, 1994, October 1, 1998, January 1, 2001, November 10, 2015, July 1, 2018, November 12, 2019, September 22, 2020, and July 1, 2021, and is hereby further amended, effective June 25, 2025, to provide as follows: