Rule 10.58. Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions

(a) Area of focus The committee regularly reviews case law and statutes affecting jury instructions and makes recommendations to the Judicial Council for updating, amending, and adding topics to the council’s civil jury instructions.

(b) Membership The committee must include at least one member from each of the following categories, and a majority of the members must be judges:

(1) Appellate court justice;

(2) Trial court judge;

(3) Lawyer whose primary area of practice is civil law; and

(4) Law professor whose primary area of expertise is civil law.

Committee Notes

(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.)