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Ohio
Supreme Court...
Six
Seminars Scheduled for 2012
Judicial Candidates
Nov. 21, 2011
The
first of six judicial candidate
seminars for judges on the ballot next year will be held on Dec. 7 in
Dublin.
Rule
4.2(A)(4) of the Code of Judicial
Conduct requires all judicial candidates, including incumbent judges,
who are
seeking election in the year 2012 to attend a campaign practices
seminar.
Candidates who will appear on the March 2012 primary election ballot
have until
Feb. 29, 2012, to satisfy the requirement. All other candidates must
satisfy
the requirement within one year before or 30 days after their candidacy
is
certified by the board of elections.
All
judges in Ohio are elected to
six-year terms. With 2012 being an even-numbered year, there will be
elections
for Supreme Court, appeals court, common pleas court, and county court
judges.
Rick
Dove, secretary of the Board of
Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline and one of the faculty
members
teaching the course, said participants have included incumbents and
challengers, campaign volunteers and paid consultants. In fact,
judicial
candidates are encouraged to bring their campaign chairpersons and
treasurers
with them to the seminar.
“The
judicial campaign seminars foster
a greater understanding of and compliance with the requirements of the
Code of
Judicial Conduct that are applicable to judicial candidates,” Dove
said. “The
seminar presentations focus on rules that are unique to judicial
campaigns and
address questions that frequently are asked by judicial candidates.”
The
free seminar covers the ethics
rules governing political and campaign activity by judicial candidates,
including campaign conduct, standards, communications, solicitations
and
contributions, and campaign finance reporting and disclaimers. Faculty
members
include Michelle Hall, Senior Staff Counsel to the Board of
Commissioners on
Grievances & Discipline, and Heather Moore-Kester from the Ohio
Secretary
of State’s office. Two hours of general CLE credit have been requested
for the
seminar, and no preregistration is required.
View
the full schedule of dates and
times for the seminars. Click here.
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