SJC invites comments on revised proposed amendments to the order and rules governing the Committee on Judicial Conduct, including as to judicial consideration of reports of the Committee. Comments due by June 9, 2025

Date: 5/27/2025

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on revised proposed amendments to the order establishing the Committee on Judicial Conduct and the rules governing the Committee, including a revised proposed rule governing judicial disciplinary proceedings after the Committee files a report with the Court.

The Court has developed these revised proposed amendments to the order and rules after considering the comments it received on the proposed amendments and rules it published on January 9, 2025.

The proposed amendments and rules would be effective immediately upon adoption and would apply to pending matters. The proposals would, in addition to making technical and formal changes to the order and rules,

  • clarify that a report of the Committee and all subsequent court filings and proceedings relating to the report are public; and
  • establish procedures for the consideration of a report of the Committee, including a procedure for reports regarding a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, which would be considered by a panel composed of justices of the Superior Court and judges of the District Court.

The revised proposed amendments to the order and rules, the amendments to the order and rules proposed on January 9, 2025, and the comments received on the January 9, 2025, proposed amendments to the order and rules are available at the links below.

Any comments must be filed with the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2025. Comments may be in writing, mailed to the address below, or in an email sent to lawcourt.clerk@courts.maine.gov. If the comments are in an attachment to the email, the attachment must be a document in native (text-based and not scanned) portable document format (.pdf). The Clerk's Office will acknowledge receipt of the email via reply email.

All comments must contain (1) the name and mailing address of the individual submitting the comments and (2) the name, mailing address, and primary telephone number of the organization (if any) on whose behalf the comments are submitted. An individual need not be an attorney to submit comments individually or on behalf of an organization.

Comments are public documents and may be posted on the Court's website.

Dated: May 27, 2025

Matthew Pollack
Executive Clerk
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
205 Newbury Street Room 139
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 822-4146

Supporting documents

Revised proposed amendments

PRIOR proposed amendments (proposed on January 9, 2025)

Comments on prior proposed amendments

pdf version of this notice