The Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission consists of thirteen members: four members appointed by each of the three branches of government and the executive director of the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. The Commission's role is to evaluate the performance of judges standing for retention election and to recommend to voters whether a judge should be retained.

Mr. Jenkins presided over the Utah Judicial Conduct Commission and was previously a member of the Commission. The Judicial Conduct Commission is established by the Utah Constitution as an independent agency to investigate complaints alleging the unethical conduct of judges and to order appropriate sanctions. The Judicial Conduct Commission is separate and independent from the Utah court system. The Commission is comprised of four legislators, two each from the Utah State Senate and House of Representatives, three members of the public, two attorneys and two judges. The Commission does not review a judge's decisions for correctness; that is left to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The Commission determines whether a judge's conduct violates the Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission may reprimand, censure or suspend a judge or remove a judge from office.

Mr. Jenkins has extensive experience providing private mediation, arbitration, and dispute-settlement services.

Mr. Jenkins presided over the unified association of all licensed lawyers in the state of Utah, and previously served as a member of the Board of Commissioners.  In 1931 the Utah legislature passed a law designating the Utah State Bar to manage and regulate the legal profession in the state.  In 1985 the Utah State Constitution was amended to clarify that regulation of the legal professional was under the judicial branch through the Utah Supreme Court, under which the Bar continued its regulatory and public interest services.              
The Utah State Bar is managed by a Board of Commissioners including thirteen voting members, eleven elected lawyers and two non-lawyers appointed by the Court.  The Commission also includes non-voting ex officio members: the deans of the University of Utah and Brigham Young University law schools, the Bar’s delegate to the American Bar Association, the Utah American Bar Association members’ delegate to the ABA, the president of the Young Lawyers Division, and representatives from the Women Lawyers of Utah, the Utah Minority Bar Association, the Bar’s representative to the Utah Judicial Council, and the Past President of the Bar.

The Utah Judicial Council is the policy-making body for the Utah judiciary. It has the constitutional authority to adopt uniform rules for the administration of all the courts in the state. The Council also sets standards for judicial performance, court facilities, support services, and judicial and non-judicial staff levels.             

The Council consists of fourteen members.  The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court chairs the Council.  The other members include: a Supreme Court Justice; a judge of the Court of Appeals; five District Court judges; two Juvenile Court judges; three Justice Court judges; a state bar representative; and the State Court Administrator, who serves as secretariat to the Council.  The judges serve three-year terms, and the state bar representative also serves three years.