In 1973, the Judicial Council of California and the California Judges Association created the Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER). CJER was governed by the Governing Committee of CJER, which was made an advisory committee to the Judicial Council in 1993 when CJER became an office at the Judicial Council. The committee was renamed the CJER Advisory Committee in January 2019.
The committee makes recommendations to the council for improving the administration of justice through comprehensive and quality education and training for judicial officers and other judicial branch personnel. The committee also recommends rules, standards, policies, and procedures for judicial branch education; recommends a strategic long-range plan for judicial branch education; evaluates the effectiveness of judicial branch education, the quality of participation, the efficiency of delivery, and the impact on service to the public; reviews and comments on proposals from other advisory committees and task forces that include education and training of judicial officers or court staff in order to ensure coordination, consistency, and collaboration in educational services; establishes educational priorities for implementation of curricula, programs, publications, and delivery systems; identifies the need for and appoint education committees to implement the priorities, long-range plan, and programs and products of judicial branch education; creates and adopts procedures for their operation; and reviews and approves their projects and products; identifies and fosters collaborative opportunities with courts to promote and ensure the availability of training at the local court level; identifies, analyzes, and implements systems to enhance the delivery of education and training statewide; and identifies and fosters collaborative opportunities with internal and external partners to maximize the resources dedicated to education and training.
