To obtain certification through the Association, you must earn 30 educational hours. After certification, you must complete 18 educational hours every 3 years. Please keep in mind that hours only accumulate for paid members of the Association. Any hours taken in a non-paid “inactive” status will not count toward certification or maintaining certification. Dues cannot be back-paid in effort to gain hours.
All educational hours must be obtained through AOC’s Judicial Branch Education Department District Court certification programs. NO other classes or programs will be counted toward certification.
The Judicial Branch Education Department offers District Court Clerk Certification programs as follows:
February-District Court Clerks Certification
(This program is for clerks located in the following judicial districts ONLY)
District 10 – Baxter and Marion
District 11 – Lawrence, Randolph & Sharp
District 13 – Cleburne and Stone
District 14 – Fulton, Independence & Izard
District 15 – Jackson and Woodruff
District 16 – Arkansas and Monroe
District 17 – Clay and Greene
District 18 – Mississippi
District 19 – Craighead
District 20 – Poinsett
District 21 – Crittenden
District 22 – Lee and Phillips
District 23 – Prairie and White
District 25 – Cross and St. Francis
District 26 – Ashley
District 27 – Chicot and Desha
District 28 – Bradley and Drew
District 29 – Jefferson and Lincoln
District 30 – Lonoke
District 31 – Perry and Pulaski
April-District Court Clerks Annual Meeting
(This program is judges and clerks combined from ALL judicial districts)
August-District Court Chief Clerks Certification
(This program is for CHIEF CLERKS only from all judicial districts)
November-District Court Clerks Certification
(This program is for clerks located in the following judicial districts ONLY)
District 1 – Benton
District 2 – Washington
District 3 – Carroll and Madison
District 4 – Boone, Newton & Searcy
District 5 – Crawford
District 6 – Sebastian
District 7 – Franklin and Johnson
District 8 – Pope
District 9 – Faulkner and Van Buren
District 12 – Conway, Logan & Yell
District 24 – Montgomery, Polk & Scott
District 32 – Saline
District 33 – Grant and Hot Spring
District 34 – Calhoun, Cleveland & Dallas
District 35 – Union
District 36 – Howard, Little River, Pike & Dallas
District 37 – Lafayette and Miller
District 38 – Hempstead and Nevada
District 39 – Columbia and Quachita
District 40 – Clark
District 41 – Garland
- Membership is open to anyone serving as a chief or deputy clerk for an Arkansas district court.
Memberships are valid for a fiscal year (April 1st thru March 30th) and must be renewed on an annual basis. Payment of dues by the deadline, guarantees credit for the educational hours obtained at the April Conference, Chief Clerks Meeting in August and/or the November and February Conferences. Dues paid at any time after the fiscal year begins will expire on March 30th. (Dues must be paid prior to attending a conference in order to receive credit toward certification.)
Dues are non-transferable, which means that dues must be paid in the name of each clerk to be considered an active paid member. New hires are not active members until dues have been paid in their name. Hours obtained prior to dues being paid will not be given credit toward certification requirements.
Dues are $75.00 per clerk. Please make checks payable to the Arkansas District Court Clerks Association and mail them to: P.O. Box 8491 Hot Springs Village, AR 71910
A membership card will be mailed to each paid member.
Please refer to the Judicial Branch Education Calendar
for dates and locations.
www.arcourts.gov/administration/education
Conference registration information is sent out by the Administrative Office of the Courts prior to the conference. Please note, registration packets will only be sent to the judicial districts designated to attend.