Month: August 2024

Providence, Utah—Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that will serve Providence, Utah. The position will replace Judge Matthew Funk who resigned in January.

To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Cache County, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Cache County, an adjacent county, or the judicial district in which the justice court is located either upon appointment or within a reasonable time following appointment.

Information on judicial retention and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Court’s website at www.utcourts.gov under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office form must be completed and is available on the court’s website (www.utcourts.gov/admin/jobs). The salary range for the position is $20,962 to $26,951 per year and does not include benefits. For additional information about working for Providence, email Tyler Cameron at  tcameron@providence.utah.gov or call him at (435) 752-9441.

The deadline for applications is Friday, September 13, 2024 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the attention of Jim Peters, Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box 140241, Salt Lake City,  UT, 84114-0241. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted. For questions about the justice courts or the process for filling this position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court  Administrator, at jamesp@utcourts.gov.

Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit three to five nominees to the  mayor of Providence, Kathleen Alder, within 45 days of its first meeting. Mayor Alder will then  have 30 days in which to select a finalist. Her selection must then be ratified by the Providence City  Council and certified by the Utah Judicial Council.

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Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant has been elected president of the Conference of Chief Justices by a vote of his fellow chief justices in state courts nationwide. Chief Justice Durrant will serve as president for a one-year term beginning on August 8, 2024.  He succeeds Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals who served as president for the past year.

“I am honored to serve as president of the Conference of Chief Justices as we continue to improve the critical work of administering justice in state courts,” said Chief Justice Durrant in a statement.

The Conference of Chief Justices was founded in 1949 to provide an opportunity for the highest judicial officers of the states to discuss matters of importance to the organization and operation of state courts, and to promote the vitality, independence and effectiveness of state judicial systems. Membership in the Conference of Chief Justices consists of the highest judicial officer of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Chief Justice Durrant was appointed to the Utah Supreme Court in January 2000 by Governor Michael O. Leavitt. He has served as Chief Justice since 2012. Before his appointment to the Utah Supreme Court, Chief Justice Durrant served as a trial judge in the Third Judicial District. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1984.

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