Rule 5. Administrative Responsibilities.

 A.  Magisterial district judges shall diligently discharge their administrative responsibilities, maintain competence in judicial administration and facilitate the performance of the administrative responsibilities of their staff and of other members of the judiciary and court officials.

 B.  Magisterial district judges shall require their staff to observe the standards of fidelity and diligence that apply to them.

 C.  Magisterial district judges shall not make unnecessary appointments to their staff. They shall exercise any such power of appointment that they may have only on the basis of merit, avoiding nepotism and favoritism.

   Official Note

   This rule is derived from Canon 3B(1), (2) and (4), American Bar Association Code of Judicial Conduct.

Source

   The provisions of this Rule 5 amended February 1, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 275.


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