Michigan § 600.238 - Judicial performance commission; creation; evaluation of judges; performance standards.
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§ 600.238. Judicial performance commission; creation; evaluation of judges; performance standards.
The supreme court shall create a judicial performance commission. The commission shall develop standards for evaluating the performance of all judges in this state. The results of the evaluation of judges according to the standards shall be made available to the public on an annual basis, beginning June 1, 1999.
Beginning on January 1, 2000, unless the standards described in subsection (1) are developed and implemented, the trial court performance standards published by the national center for state courts shall be implemented, with each judge making public an annual report on how that judge has complied with each standard.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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