Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.465 · Chapter 7. Minimum Education Requirements, Expectations, and Recommendations
Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Education on bias and the prevention of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and inappropriate workplace conduct
(1) Each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer must participate in bias education (including explicit, implicit, and/or unconscious bias).
(2) Each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer must participate in education on the prevention of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and inappropriate workplace conduct.
(3) The education in (1) and (2) must be taken at least once every three-year continuing education cycle as determined under rules 10.461(c)(1) and 10.462(d).
(b) Additional education on fairness and access
To achieve the objective of assisting judicial officers in preserving the integrity and impartiality of the judicial system through the prevention of bias, each justice, judge, and subordinate judicial officer should regularly participate in education on fairness and access in addition to that required in (a). The education should include the following subjects: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and persons with disabilities, persons with limited economic means, and persons without stable housing.
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History
Rule 10.465 adopted effective January 1, 2025.
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- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/ten/rule10_465
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- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.461Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justicesPrinted as rules 10.461(c)(1) and 10.462(d)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.462Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officersPrinted as rules 10.461(c)(1) and 10.462(d)
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