Utah Admin. Code R597-6-1 - Evaluation Cycles
(1) Subject to Subsection R597-6-1(3), the evaluation cycles
for judges not serving on the supreme court include:
(a) the midterm evaluation cycle, beginning upon the
appointment of the judge or on the first Monday in January following the
retention election of the judge and ending on September 30 of the third year
preceding the year of the judge's next retention election; and
(b) the retention evaluation cycle, beginning the day after
the midterm evaluation cycle is finished and ending on September 30 of the year
preceding the year of the judge's next retention election.
(2) Subject to Subsection R597-6-1(3), the evaluation cycles
for justices serving on the supreme court include:
(a) the initial evaluation cycle, beginning upon the
appointment of the justice or on the first Monday in January following the
retention election of the justice and ending on September 30 of the seventh
year preceding the year of the justice's next retention election;
(b) the midterm evaluation cycle, beginning the day after the
initial evaluation cycle is finished and ending on September 30 of the third
year preceding the year of the justice's next retention election; and
(c) the retention evaluation cycle, beginning the day after
the midterm evaluation cycle is finished and ending on September 30 of the year
preceding the year of the justice's next retention election.
(3) The commission will not conduct evaluations during the
first six months of the retention evaluation cycle, to allow judges time to
incorporate feedback from midterm evaluations into their
practices.
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