Rule 6.6 In-House Orientation

In-House Orientation.

Each newly-appointed or promoted Judicial Officer shall participate in an in-house orientation to the bench. A senior Judicial Officer on the respective court shall be partnered with the new Judicial Officer and shall serve as a mentor. The orientation/mentor partnership shall include observations and discussions on, among other topics, case flow, substantive law, sentencing, ethics, termination of legal practice, and bench skills. The partnership shall be for a period of one (1) to three (3) weeks, at the discretion of the chief justice, presiding justice, chief judge, or chief magistrate of the court in which the newly-appointed or promoted Judicial Officer is to sit.