2025 Judicial Education Course Catalog

Judicial Education Annual Required Continuing Education The Supreme Court of Maryland considers the continuing education of Maryland’s judges and magistrates critical. Sitting judges, magistrates, senior judges, and Orphans’ Court judges are required to complete 15 hours of continuing judicial education annually per the Administrative Order on Continuing Education of Judges and Magistrates, effective January 30, 2023. The Registrar’s Office of the Judicial College of Maryland records completed hours. With prior approval, outside institutions’ continuing education courses may substitute for Judicial College of Maryland Judicial Education courses to satisfy the annual continuing education requirement. Requests must be submitted, with course documentation, to the chair of the Education Committee through the office of the Assistant State Court Administrator of the Judicial College before program attendance. The Judicial College strives to offer a variety of learning environments to meet the needs of our stakeholders. To this end, and for the first time in Judicial Education’s history, with the approval of your administrative judge, you can take a combination of virtual classes and webinars to secure six of the 15 required annual credit hours of continuing education. For example, you could register for a ½ day virtual class combined with three one-hour webinars, securing six of the 15 hours. The balance is satisfied by face-to-face classes. Attendance Policies Live Training: A grace period of 30 minutes is provided for full-day classes to accommodate unforeseen events. A grace period of 15 minutes is provided for half day classes. Missing more than this may disqualify the participant from receiving course credit. Virtual Training: Participants must attend the entire session to earn credit for an online learning experience. See Live Training above for the allotted accommodations. A 10-minute grace period is provided for 75-minute webinars. Reasonable Accommodation The Administrative Office of the Courts is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to participate fully in our programs. If you need accommodations, please contact the Judicial College at 410-260-3660 or use the Maryland Relay Service (TT/Voice) at 711. This includes a request for accommodation to attend via Zoom. Cancelling Class Registration To maintain accurate records and to facilitate each judge’s and magistrate’s satisfaction of the annual continuing education requirement, it is incumbent upon each judge and magistrate to notify their administrative judge and the Judicial College in advance (or as soon as practical under challenging circumstances) if they are unable to attend a previously registered course. A judge or magistrate must make up a missed class the same year. The Judicial College files an attendance report with the Chief Justice and the administrative judges at the end of each calendar year.

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Questions concerning class registration or the attendance policy should be directed to the Judicial College Registrar at educationregistrar@mdcourts.gov or 410-260-3573. The images in our catalog were provided by GRPA and Freepik.com.

2025 Judicial Education Course Catalog

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