In accepting an appointment to serve on the Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee (JCEC) of the Detroit Bar Association, I agree to the following terms:

1. I am not a candidate for election to any judicial office.

2. I am not associated in the practice of law with a candidate for election to any judicial office, provided that the sharing of office space or the practice of law in a legal department of a prosecutor’s office or business, non-profit or municipal corporation without any other financial link between a person and a candidate shall not constitute being associated in the practice of law.

3. I will not contribute $500 or more to the campaign of a candidate for election to any judicial office in Wayne County, or the Michigan Court of Appeals. A person who is on a campaign committee or lends his or her name for use in the campaign, or who contributes funds less than $500.00 to a candidate shall not be disqualified from service on the committee, provided that the person makes an affirmative disclosure regarding his or her involvement in the candidate’s campaign.

4. I will not make any advance commitment concerning how I will vote at any Committee meeting concerning the qualification of any person to be considered by the Committee.

5. I will keep confidential the discussions at the Committee meetings pertaining to the qualifications of persons to be considered by the Committee.

6. I will not disclose to anyone, any action taken by the Committee or any statement made at a Committee meeting pertaining to the qualifications of any person whose name has been submitted to, or has been considered by, the Committee.

7. I will make known to the JCEC Chair or the Chair of any interview panel on which I sit, any relationship with a candidate that would potentially cause an appearance of impropriety prior to any deliberations regarding that candidate.

8. I will attend the general sessions of the JCEC, on dates to be determined.

9. If appointed to an interview panel, I will attend the panel meetings at which candidates are interviewed and rated.