§ 490-k-2

[RSA 490-K:2 effective July 1, 2025.] RSA 490-K effective July 1, 2025. 490-K:2 Initial Judicial Training Requirements. – Any person who holds the position of judge or magistrate in this state, and all nonjudicial employees of the judicial branch with a hire date on or after July 1, 2025, shall complete an orientation and training program within 3 months of hire, as directed by the chief justice of the supreme court. The minimum initial training for judges may be as follows: I. Orientation for new judges on procedures and functions of the applicable court and relevant procedural and substantive law; II. Education for new judges on major legal subjects and practical skills needed by them and appropriate to the jurisdiction of the court in which they serve; III. At least one hour of training devoted to the topics of legal and judicial ethics, professionalism, preventing implicit bias, mental health, and domestic violence. Source. 2024, 317:11, eff. July 1, 2025.