New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle C - Ancillary Agencies › Chapter VI - Judicial Nomination Commission › Part 7100 - Rules Of Procedure › Section 7100.6 - Solicitation of candidates

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28,
				  July 10, 2024
In its solicitation of candidates, the
					 commission's objective is to give well qualified candidates of every background
					 an opportunity to be considered for nomination. The commission will strive to
					 identify candidates who reflect the diversity of the citizenry of the State of
					 New York and will conduct broad outreach to encourage wide participation in the
					 application process. When the commission has been duly notified that a vacancy
					 on the Court of Appeals has occurred, or is about to occur, the following steps
					 directed to achieving the commission's objective will be taken.
(a) The chairperson and
				  counsel will arrange for broadly disseminated public notice of the existence of
				  the vacancy, the procedure to be followed by prospective candidates in order to
				  be considered by the commission, the procedure to be followed by the public to
				  bring qualified candidates to the attention of the commission, and any deadline
				  that has been fixed for the receipt of questionnaires.
(b) Each commissioner, and
				  counsel, will encourage persons who may be well qualified to fill a vacancy on
				  the Court of Appeals to file an executed questionnaire for consideration by the
				  commission. In seeking recommendations or encouraging prospective candidates,
				  commissioners, and counsel should make clear that no commitment or support for
				  nomination is implied. A commissioner will disclose to the commission that he
				  or she has encouraged a candidate to apply to fill a vacancy when that
				  candidate is first considered by the commission.
(c) In order to enhance and
				  supplement the outreach required by subdivision (b) of this section, the
				  commission may appoint an outreach committee, comprised of commissioners, which
				  will solicit recommendations from the legal community.
(d) The commission will
				  disseminate the notice of vacancy in at least the following ways:
(1) Announce the vacancy to
				  the media.
(2)
				  Announce the vacancy to bar associations in the State of New York (including
				  those groups registered with the commission under section
				  7100.11 of this Part) urging them
				  to take special efforts to notify their members.
(3) Announce the vacancy to
				  deans of New York law schools, urging them to take special efforts to notify
				  faculty and other eligible candidates.
(4) Encourage members of the public to
				  identify qualified candidates.
(5) Place official notice on the
				  commission's website, and request the posting of the official notice on court
				  websites, the Governor's website, the Attorney General's website and the
				  websites of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly.
(6) Send the notice to the
				  Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions, the Administrative Judges for
				  each Judicial District and the Chief Administrative Judge for the State of New
				  York.
(7) Send the
				  notice to civic and public interest organizations that are registered with the
				  commission under section
				  7100.11 of this Part.