The Nebraska Supreme Court shall appoint a Judicial Ethics Committee consisting of seven members. Terms shall be 7 years and shall be staggered. Two members shall be appointed from each of the county and district courts and one from the Court of Appeals. The remaining members shall be judges appointed from any affected courts, but not from the Nebraska Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall designate one of the members as chair and one member as vice chair who may serve in the event of disqualification or unavailability of the chair. At no time shall the terms of the chair and vice chair expire at the same time. No member of the committee shall serve consecutive 7-year terms, but may, however, be reappointed to membership on the committee after a lapse of 1 year. Each existing member shall continue to serve his or her existing term.

  Members of the committee may be reimbursed for travel and other expenses incidental to the performance of their duties.

§ 5-201 adopted November 12, 2025.