Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.469 · Chapter 7. Minimum Education Requirements, Expectations, and Recommendations
Judicial education recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Judicial education recommendations generally
Justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers, as part of their continuing judicial education, should regularly participate in educational activities related to their responsibilities and particular judicial assignment or assignments. Minimum education requirements and expectations related to judicial responsibilities and assignments are stated in rules 10.461-10.462. Additional education requirements related to specific responsibilities are stated in rule 10.463 (for those hearing family law matters), rule 10.464 (for those hearing domestic violence issues), and rule 10.468 (for those hearing probate proceedings). The following recommendations illustrate for some specific responsibilities and assignments how justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers should participate in more judicial education than is required and expected.
(b) Jury trial assignment
Judges or subordinate judicial officers assigned to jury trials should regularly use refer to appropriate educational materials and should regularly appropriate educational programs devoted to the conduct of jury voir dire and the treatment of jurors.
(c) Hearing of juvenile dependency matters
Judges or subordinate judicial officers who hears juvenile dependency matters, including retired judges who sit on court assignment, should regularly refer to appropriate educational materials and should annually complete appropriate education programs on juvenile dependency law and procedure, consistent with the requirements in Welfare and Institutions Code section 304.7.
(d) Capital case assignment
Judges assigned to hear a capital case should complete, before the commencement of the trial, a comprehensive education program on California law and procedure relevant to capital cases provided by the Center for Judicial Education and Resources (CJER). A judge with a subsequent assignment to a capital case should complete a periodic update course within two years before the commencement of the trial. The periodic update may be provided through actual classroom instruction or through any other media as determined by CJER.
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History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2023; previously amended effective January 1, 2012.)
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2023; previously amended effective January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2016.)
(Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2023.)
(Subd (d) amended effective July 1, 2025; previously amended effective January 1, 2023.)
Rule 10.469 amended effective July 1, 2025; adopted effective January 1, 2008; previously amended effective January 1, 1999, January 1, 2012, January 1, 2015, January 1, 2016; January 1, 2021, January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2025; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Welfare and Institutions Code
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.461Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justicesPrinted as rules 10.461-10.462
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.462Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officersPrinted as rules 10.461-10.462
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.463Education requirements for family court judges and subordinate judicial officersPrinted as rule 10.463
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.464Education requirements and expectations for judges and subordinate judicial officers on domestic violence issuesPrinted as rule 10.464
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.468Content-based and hours-based education for superior court judges and subordinate judicial officers regularly assigned to hear probate proceedingsPrinted as rule 10.468
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.469. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.452Minimum education requirements, expectations, and recommendationsPrinted as rule 10.469 | rules 10.469 and 10.479
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.461Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justicesPrinted as rule 10.469
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.462Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officersPrinted as rule 10.469
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.603Authority and duties of presiding judgePrinted as rules 10.451, 10.452, and 10.462–10.469
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