Case Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.320

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC2023-0114

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 
 
In Re: Amendments to Florida 
Rule of General Practice and 
Judicial Administration 2.320 
 
SC2023-0114 
 
 
The Court has considered the comments concerning Florida 
Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.320, which 
was amended in the opinion issued February 2, 2023.  The Court 
having determined that no further amendments to the rule are 
warranted at this time, this case is hereby final. 
 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, and 
FRANCIS, JJ., concur. 
LABARGA, J., dissents with an opinion. 
SASSO, J., did not participate. 
 
LABARGA, J., dissenting. 
Earlier this year, on its own motion, the majority adopted 
amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial 
Administration 2.320.  In doing so, the majority expressly 
eliminated fairness and diversity education from the judicial 
education requirements for Florida judges.  At that time, I dissented 
to the amendments as “unwarranted, untimely, and ill-advised.”  In 
re Amends. to Fla. Rule of Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.320, 356 So. 
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3d 766, 769 (Fla. 2023) (Labarga, J., dissenting).  Now, having 
considered the comments filed in response to the amendments, the 
majority has decided to leave the amendments in place and take no 
further action. 
I continue to believe that fairness and diversity education is of 
great benefit to Florida’s judiciary and those who interact with 
Florida’s state courts.  To that end, I dissent to today’s order and 
reaffirm my belief that “the purpose of providing express 
consideration to fairness and diversity education has been to 
complement the canons [in the Code of Judicial Conduct], and in 
the hopes of addressing the extremely complex issue that is 
discrimination, to educate the judiciary on strategies for recognizing 
and combatting discrimination.”  Id.  
I respectfully dissent. 
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Served: 
JOSHUA E. DOYLE 
MERRICK L. GROSS 
GISELLE GUTIERREZ 
HON. STEPHEN RICHARD JEWETT 
JORDI C. MARTÍNEZ-CID 
KEITH H. PARK 
PAUL R. REGENSDORF 
KELLY NOEL SMITH 
ELIZABETH CLARK TARBERT