Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-975 "Judicial office" defined; positions deemed positions as full-time positions; prohibition against practice of law
Statute Text
As used in Sections
23-15-974
through
23-15-985
of this subarticle, the term "judicial office" includes the office of justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, chancellor, county court judge
[* * *]
,
family court judge
and justice court judge
. All such justices and judges shall be full-time positions and such justices and judges
, except justice court judges,
shall not engage in the practice of law before any court, administrative agency or other judicial or quasi-judicial forum except as provided by law for finalizing pending cases after election to judicial office.
Justice court judges, who are licensed and/or authorized to practice law by The Mississippi Bar, may engage in the practice of law before any court, administrative agency or other judicial or quasi-judicial forum.
Source
Laws, 1994, ch 564, § 77, eff. 9/6/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
History
Amended by Laws, 2024 , ch. 451 , HB 1035 , § 1 , eff. 7/1/2024 .
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