Requirements

A. Every judge in the trial division shall, within the first year after appointment or election, attend a course of instruction or orientation for new judges provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts. Attendance will be counted as a part of the hours of instruction required for the biennium in which the instruction is received. B. Each judge and justice of the trial and appellate division shall attend at least thirty (30) hours of instruction in one or more approved continuing legal or judicial education programs in each biennium, effective with the biennium beginning 1 July 1989 and ending 30 June 1991. C. At least fifteen (15) of the thirty (30) hours required shall be continuing judicial education courses designed especially for judges and attended exclusively or primarily by judges. All Superior Court Judges are expected to attend the scheduled Superior Court Judges Conferences and the programs there presented. All District Court Judges are expected to attend the scheduled District Court Judges Conferences and the programs there presented. For District Court Judges designated as Family Court Judges, at least twenty-four (24) of the thirty (30) hours shall be continuing judicial education courses designed especially for Family Court. D. Judges participating as teachers, lecturers, discussion leaders, or panelists in an approved continuing judicial or legal education program shall receive five hours credit for each hour of actual presentation time. Presentation of the same 3 TOC Rule 2 material on subsequent occasions shall accrue credit for the actual time of presentation only. E. formula: Continuing judicial education hours shall be computed by the following SUM OF THE TOTAL MINUTES OF ACTUAL INSTRUCTION 60 = TOTAL HOURS The instruction may be in no less than fifteen (15) minute segments. Only actual instruction shall be included in computing the total hours of instruction. The following shall not be included: introductory remarks, breaks, business meetings, keynote speeches, and speeches in connection with meals. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection E and the preceding subsection D, computation for credit of continuing legal education courses shall be computed in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Board of Continuing Legal Education of the North Carolina State Bar. History Note. 372 N.C. 964; 356 N.C. 705; 358 N.C. 744; 374 N.C. 943. Editor’s Note. References in the Rules of Continuing Judicial Education to outside sources of law have not been updated in this codification.