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    Office of General Counsel

    Judicial Vacancies

    Pursuant to Office of Gen. Counsel v. Bumsted, 247 A.3d 71 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 2020), applications and related information submitted to the Office of General Counsel in response to judicial vacancy announcements may be public records, and may be disclosed to the public in response to requests made under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101, et. seq.  

     

    No assurance of confidentiality, express or implied, may be inferred as to any information submitted to the Office of General Counsel in response to judicial vacancy announcements.

     

    Judicial vacancies currently exist in various counties of the Commonwealth. At this time, Governor Shapiro is not accepting applications for judicial appointments. Updates will be provided when the application process reopens.