Supreme Court Rules

§ 1-601.  Application process.

   (A) Upon request, an applicant for judicial appointment will receive an application for judicial vacancy form, together with a letter of instruction, a copy of the Code of Judicial Conduct, a personal data sheet, and a copy of these rules. Requests for judicial applications may be made to and forwarded by the judge chairperson of the appropriate Judicial Nominating Commission, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, or the State Court Administrator. The judicial application form can also be found on the Nebraska Judicial Branch web site at http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/forms/supreme-court-judicial-vacancy.shtml.

   (B) The application and personal data sheet must be signed and sworn to before a notary public and be filed with the commission chairperson not later than 21 days prior to the date of the public hearing. An applicant for any judicial vacancy may be investigated to, among other things, verify the accuracy of information provided.

   (C) The personal data sheet is a confidential communication between the commission, its staff, and the applicant. However, any applicant's name forwarded to the Governor shall be accompanied by the application, personal data sheet, and results of any investigation conducted on behalf of the commission.

Rule 1(B) amended December 21, 1994. Renumbered and codified as § 1-601, effective July 18, 2008.