Center for Judicial Education and Research Advisory Committee

• Hon. Darrell S. Mavis, Chair, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Hon. Mary Ann O'Malley, Vice-Chair, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
• Hon. Tracie L. Brown, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four
• Hon. Joni T. Hiramoto, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
• Hon. Clare Keithley, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Butte
• Hon. Michael A. Knish, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
• Hon. Stephen V. Manley, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
• Hon. Julie A. Palafox, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange
• Hon. Carrie McIntyre Panetta, Assistant Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Monterey
• Hon. Daniel Zeke Zeidler, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Mr. Sharif Elmallah, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of Butte
• Mr. Bob Fleshman, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Mr. Jason Galkin, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Mr. Michael M. Roddy, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
• Ms. Laila Waheed, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of Nevada

Advisory Members

• Ms. Michelle Curran, Administrative Director, Executive Office, Judicial Council of California
• Hon. Tony Cho, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Judicial Council Staff to the Committee

• Ms. Karene Alvarado, Director, Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California
• Mr. Steven Warner, Supervising Attorney, Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California 
• Ms. Lindsay Havard, Executive Assistant, Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California

In 1973, the Judicial Council of California and the California Judges Association created the Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER). CJER was governed by the Governing Committee of CJER, which was made an advisory committee to the Judicial Council in 1993 when CJER became an office at the Judicial Council. The committee was renamed the CJER Advisory Committee in January 2019.

The committee makes recommendations to the council for improving the administration of justice through comprehensive and quality education and training for judicial officers and other judicial branch personnel. The committee also recommends rules, standards, policies, and procedures for judicial branch education; recommends a strategic long-range plan for judicial branch education; evaluates the effectiveness of judicial branch education, the quality of participation, the efficiency of delivery, and the impact on service to the public; reviews and comments on proposals from other advisory committees and task forces that include education and training of judicial officers or court staff in order to ensure coordination, consistency, and collaboration in educational services; establishes educational priorities for implementation of curricula, programs, publications, and delivery systems; identifies the need for and appoint education committees to implement the priorities, long-range plan, and programs and products of judicial branch education; creates and adopts procedures for their operation; and reviews and approves their projects and products; identifies and fosters collaborative opportunities with courts to promote and ensure the availability of training at the local court level; identifies, analyzes, and implements systems to enhance the delivery of education and training statewide; and identifies and fosters collaborative opportunities with internal and external partners to maximize the resources dedicated to education and training.

Curriculum Committees

• Appellate Practice Curriculum Committee
• Civil Law Curriculum Committee
• Criminal Law Curriculum Committee
• Family Law Curriculum Committee
• Judicial Branch Access, Ethics & Fairness Curriculum Committee
• Judicial Branch Leadership Development Curriculum Committee
• Juvenile Law Curriculum Committee
• Probate Law Curriculum Committee
• Trial Court Operations Curriculum Committee

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