{"id":956,"date":"2024-09-10T18:38:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=956"},"modified":"2024-09-10T18:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:38:50","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-south-salt-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-south-salt-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR  SOUTH SALT LAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><b>South Salt Lake, Utah<\/b>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve South Salt Lake, Utah. The position will replace Judge Ryan Richards who will resign his\u00a0position on or before December 31, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">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\u00a0in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Salt Lake County, an adjacent\u00a0county, or the judicial district in which the justice court is located either upon appointment or\u00a0within a reasonable time following appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><br \/>\nInformation 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=1726079901322000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01ynOB1oT5-1cpgUFs6Mo0\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0form must be completed and is available on the court\u2019s website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726079901322000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2mMAIDslUrYleplAISLl2V\">www.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs<\/a>).\u00a0The salary range for the position is $149,730 to $192,510 per year and includes benefits. For\u00a0additional information about working for South Salt Lake, call Jen Hill at (801) 412-3215.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">The deadline for applications is Friday, October 11, 2024 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the\u00a0attention of Jim Peters, Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box 140241, Salt Lake City,\u00a0UT, 84114-0241. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted. For questions\u00a0about the justice courts or the process for filling this position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court\u00a0Administrator, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jamesp@utcourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jamesp@utcourts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit three to five nominees to the\u00a0mayor of South Salt Lake, Cherie Wood, within 45 days of its first meeting. Mayor Wood will then\u00a0have 30 days in which to select a finalist. Her selection must then be ratified by the South Salt Lake\u00a0City Council and certified by the Utah Judicial Council.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Salt Lake, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that will\u00a0serve South Salt Lake, Utah. The position will replace Judge Ryan Richards who will resign his\u00a0position on or before December 31, 2024. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Salt Lake County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of [&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-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 02:35:13","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\/956","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=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}