Membership

The seven-member commission is an independent entity, separate from the Iowa Judicial Branch. Members include:

• Four persons (not lawyers or judges) appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate; no more than two of the four lay persons on the commission may belong to the same political party

• One district court judge appointed by the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court

• Two practicing lawyers appointed by the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court; the two practicing lawyers on the commission may not belong to the same political party

Commission members serve staggered-six year terms

Judicial Qualifications Commission

Each member serves a six-year term with no possible second term