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Kyrgyzstan Delegates Visit Nevada Supreme Court
by David Gordon

As a part of the Kyrgyzstan Judicial Reform Assistance Project, members of the Kyrgyzstan Judicial Council/Supreme Court Leaders' Study Tour visited the Nevada Supreme Court on October 26, 2009. The group included Ms. Larisa Gutichenko, the Chair of the Judicial Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz republic, as well as a number of other judges and a member of Kyrgyz Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament). The group was escorted by Project Officers from DPK Consulting, a firm that implements United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded justice reform projects in developing countries.

Members of the tour group were addressed by Chief Justice James Hardesty, who discussed the significance of the Judiciary's role as a separate and equal branch of government. The General Counsel and Executive Director of the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, Mr. David Sarnowski provided a briefing on the role of the commission and the processes related to complaints about judicial conduct, findings, and consequences. Mr. David Gordon provided an overview of Nevada's initial and continuing judicial education requirements.

The group asked questions regarding the source of the judicial education requirements (statutory, and by supreme court rule), and were interested in the incentives provided to judges who achieve certain levels of educational accomplishment (Nevada provides awards in the form of certificates, plaques, etc for achieving 240, 440, 640, and 100 hours of education during a career). They were also interested in the process by which curricula and faculty are agreed upon.

Informal discussion continued over lunch at a local Basque restaurant.

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