Practice question
A judge applies to teach eight hours weekly after 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. The approving authority identifies a poor performance record and proposes to deny the application or permit fewer hours. The judge argues that staying below ten hours gives an absolute right to approval. Which is correct?
- The judge has an unconditional entitlement to the entire proposed schedule
- The authority may deny permission or allow less than ten hours depending on performance, and teaching must not detract from principal duties
- Only the school may consider judicial performance
- The authority must permit every course offered by the school
- The judge may begin immediately and ignore the ruling
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836 — 2025 CJCA, Canon IV, Section 16, academic interests subject to appropriate guidelines and principal duties.
- https://philja.judiciary.gov.ph/files/bulletin/Bul62.pdf — PHILJA Bulletin, Volume XVI, Issue 62, page 19, reproducing A.M. 13-05-05-SC, April 1, 2014, teaching guidelines, paragraphs 1–6.
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