Foreword
The selection of the nation’s outstanding judge in a special and limited jurisdiction shall be in accordance with these rules set forth under the Judicial Division National Conference of Specialized Court Judges.
The recipient shall possess the high ideals, personal character and competence in performing judicial duties that were exemplified by the late Chief Justice Franklin N. Flaschner of the District Court of Massachusetts and, like him, shall have made significant contributions on local, state, tribal, national or international levels to continuing education of the judiciary and in other ways improved the quality of justice in courts with special and limited jurisdiction