Mandatory education

(1) Each newly-elected or appointed municipal judge shall attend the earliest municipal judge orientation institute offered following his or her election or appointment, unless a period of extension is granted by the committee upon prior application by the municipal judge. (2) Each municipal judge shall earn at least 4 credits in each 206 calendar year at a municipal judge orientation institute, review institute or graduate institute developed by the judicial education office. A municipal judge who holds office for less than 5 months during any calendar year is exempt from this subsection. (3) Each municipal judge shall designate and require a minimum of one municipal court clerk to attend the annual municipal court clerk's training seminar, developed by the judicial education office, at least once every 2 years.