The Florida Bar is taking applications again for openings on five judicial nominating commissions. The boards help develop a short list of nominees to fill openings on the trial bench.
For every opening on a judicial nominating commission, or JNC, the Florida bar sends Governor Rick Scott three names. But there鈥檚 a twist鈥攈e can reject all three and ask for a new slate. Florida Bar president Bill Schifino explains that鈥檚 exactly what Scott did for five open seats.
鈥淣ow we will restart that process,鈥� he says, 鈥渁nd the whole process is going to take by the time we republish, by the time we get applications in and screen, this will probably take anywhere from three to five months now to get these new names and get them up to the governor.鈥�
The openings are with circuit court and district court of appeal JNCs primarily in central and south Florida.
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