Arizona Court Executive (ACE)
Senior level managers, court or probation executives or participants completing ACM. Must be recommended by court or probation department.
A combination of National Center for State Courts, (NCSC) Institute for Court Management (ICM) Courses and in-class Arizona specific AZ PLUS courses.
Participants must first apply for admission to the Arizona Court Executive (ACE) program. Admission requires approval of their department head—typically the presiding judge, chief probation officer, juvenile court center director, clerk of the court or superior court administrator.
Once admitted, participants can pre-register for calendared classes. Only program participants receive notification of classes. When classes exceed capacity, priority is given to participants who have completed other ACE classes.
At this time there is no cost to attend these classes. Classes are held at the Judicial Education Center in Phoenix and travel costs are the responsibility of the participant or their court. Participants who want the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) ICM Certified Court Executive certificate pay a $50 per class fee to the NCSC.
Currently classes are announced via email to executive-level court leadership. Only those employees who are in the executive leadership group may register for classes. These include: presiding judges, chief probation officers, juvenile court center directors, clerks of the court, court administrators and AOC directors.