Temporary Judge Program

The Court's Temporary Judges Program utilizes qualified and experienced attorneys who volunteer their time to serve in various divisions of the Court. The Presiding Judge's letter of invitation  to the Bay Area legal community provides information about the Court's Temporary Judges' Program.

Attorneys who have been members of the California State Bar for at least ten years are invited to apply to be a Temporary Judge at our Court, by downloading and submitting the Temporary Judges' Application form  and Placement Questionnaire .

Training for Temporary Judges at the Superior Court

The required classes "Bench Conduct and Demeanor" and "Judicial Ethics for Temporary Judges," as well as substantive classes, are offered at various times during the year by the Superior Court in Santa Clara County as part of the Temporary Judge Program.

Schedule of classes:

Please check back later for the next schedule of classes at our court.

Judicial Ethics:

You can take the Judicial Ethics course on-line at the Temporary Judge page of the AOC website .  Upon completion of the course, please enter your name and the date and print out the certificate of completion and fax to the Temporary Judge Administrator at 408-882-2796.

If you would prefer classroom training instead of the on-line course, check back later for classes offered at our court.

Brown Bag Event

• Small Claims Brown Bag Event: Friday, May 25th, 12 - 1:15 pm
  Homeowners Associations and Small Claims Court - presented by Louis Spitters, Attorney at Law
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Please contact the Temporary Judge Administrator K.C. McCoy by email at kmccoy@scscourt.org, or by phone at 408-882-2744 , to reserve your seat at the above event, or for additional information.

Santa Clara Superior Court is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.

More classes offered by the AOC: In addition to Judicial Ethics, the following courses are available on the AOC website - please visit the AOC Temporary Judge Resource page .

• Family substantive law
• Small Claims substantive law
• Traffic substantive law

Public Complaint

If you have a complaint about a court-appointed temporary judge, please print the complaint form  and send the completed form to Temporary Judge Administrator at the address on the bottom of the form.