Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection

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The Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection is a commission in Minnesota created by Minnesota Statute § 480B with the purpose of soliciting judicial candidates, evaluating applicants and recommending nominees to the Governor for appointment. The Governor is not required to make a selection from the candidates recommended by the commission.

The courts in Minnesota that fill vacancies via the commission selection method are the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and district courts.

Commission members

The commission has forty-nine members:

• 27 are appointed by the governor. These commission members serve at the pleasure of the governor.
• 22 are appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court. These commission members are appointed to four-year terms that end when a governor's term in office ends.
• 9 members are appointed at large.
• 4 members are appointed from each of the state's ten judicial districts. These commission members participate in the commission's deliberations only for vacancies in their district.

See also

• Press Release "Commission on Judicial Selection Recommends Third Judicial District Candidates to Governor Dayton" April 21, 2011
• Press Release "Governor Dayton Appoints Members to Commission on Judicial Selection" April 01, 2011

External links

• About the Commission on Judicial Selection
• Statute 480B.01 Commission on judicial selection

References