New rules ramping up the training and education requirements of masters in juvenile courts should help to bring some much-needed uniformity to the juvenile justice system, members of the legal community told the Law Weekly.

The new rules outline standard qualifications for an attorney to be appointed a master in juvenile court, and also mandate minimum training and continuing legal education guidelines that masters and hearing officers in juvenile courts across the state must follow. Rules 182 and 1182 of the Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure were adopted by the state Supreme Court earlier this month, and will go into effect Oct. 1, 2016.

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