Rules Advisory Committee

(a) Establishment of Committee; Membership. The Rules Advisory Committee is hereby created for this Court. The Committee has an advisory role concerning practice and procedure before the Court. The Committee consists of not fewer than nine members of the Bar of this Court and is selected by the Court to represent a broad cross-section of the legal profession. Representatives from government, law schools, public interest groups, and private practice will, when practicable, be included on the Committee. The Clerk of the Court is a member of the Committee and serves as its Reporter. (b) Duties of the Committee. The Committee (1) provides a forum for continuous study of the operating procedures and published rules of the Court; (2) serves as a conduit between the Bar, the public, and the Court regarding the Court’s rules, procedural matters, and suggestions for changes; (3) drafts, considers, and recommends rules and amendments to the Court for adoption; and (4) renders reports from time to time, on its own initiative and on request, to the Court on the Committee’s activities and recommendations. The 45 Committee may prepare appropriate explanatory materials with respect to any rule changes or other recommendations it submits to the Court. (c) Terms of Members; Chair. With the exception of the Clerk of the Court, the members of the Committee serve three-year terms, which are staggered in such a way as to enable the Court to appoint or re-appoint one-third of the Committee each year. The Court appoints one of the members of the Committee to serve as chair. 46