Continuing education

(1) A circuit court commissioner shall maintain and improve professional competence by participating in programs of continuing education designed for circuit court commissioners and by participating in local orientation programs, which may include mentoring by circuit court judges. (2) A person appointed as a circuit court commissioner under SCR 75.02(1) shall comply with all of the following: (a) Earn at least 60 education credits each period of 6 years by participating in continuing education programs. (b) Earn not less than 10 nor more than 30 education credits every 2 years. (c) If employed full-time in that capacity, earn credits only by participating in continuing education programs approved by the judicial education committee. (d) If not employed full-time in that capacity, earn not more than 40 of the required 60 credits in any 6-year period by participating in continuing legal education programs approved by the board of bar examiners. (3) A person authorized under SCR 75.02 (3) to perform specified duties of a circuit court commissioner on a temporary or occasional basis shall earn not less than 3 education credits in programs approved by the judicial education committee in any year in which the performance of those duties requires 40 or more hours. (4) In this section, one credit is awarded for each half-day of attendance at an in-state education program or at a continuing legal education program approved by the board of bar examiners. The judicial education committee shall determine the amount of credit awarded for attendance at a national program. COMMENT