{"id":1138,"date":"2026-04-29T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:38:52","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-salt-lake-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2026\/04\/29\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-salt-lake-city\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR SALT LAKE CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Salt Lake City, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position\u00a0that will serve Salt Lake City, Utah. The successful candidate will fill a new position recently approved by the Utah Judicial Council.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Salt Lake County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a\u00a0degree 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 Salt Lake County or an adjacent county either upon appointment or before taking the bench.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Information on judicial retention and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Court\u2019s\u00a0website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1777563496812000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1sb9Hr3CDTHsTigaGybRRW\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0must be completed online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/justicecourtvacancies.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/justicecourtvacancies.utah.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1777563496812000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bTyRFh3rUV3TvoVSBx54p\">justicecourtvacancies.utah.gov<\/a>\u00a0before the deadline. The salary range for\u00a0 the position is $200,210.40 per year and includes benefits. For additional information about working\u00a0for Salt Lake City, call Kelsey Evans, the Human Resources Recruitment Manager for Salt Lake\u00a0City, at (801) 535-6699 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:careers@slc.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">careers@slc.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Friday, May 29, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Applications cannot be\u00a0submitted after the deadline. For questions about the justice courts or the process for filling this\u00a0position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court Administrator, at\u00a0j<a href=\"mailto:amesp@utcourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amesp@utcourts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit at least three nominees to Mayor\u00a0Erin Mendenhall within 45 days of its first meeting. Mayor Mendenhall will then have 30 days in\u00a0which to select a finalist. Her selection must then be ratified by the Salt Lake City Council and\u00a0certified by the Utah Judicial Council.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Lake City, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position\u00a0that will serve Salt Lake City, Utah. The successful candidate will fill a new position recently approved by the Utah Judicial Council. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Salt Lake County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 17:42:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}