Committee On Judicial Ethics

August 17, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may volunteer as a rescue diver for a county's water rescue/scuba team, where the dive team members are not county employees and are not concerned with issues of fact or policy. However, the judge's judicial duties must take precedence over this extra-judicial activity.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may serve as an applications systems analyst for the university police of a private, not-for-profit university in another county.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Subject to certain limitations, a full-time judge may share with the head of a children's services agency the judge's observations of agency operations and procedures used when removing children from their homes.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge who previously served as a supervising Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and then as the Chief ALJ with the Board of Parole Revocation Bureau (1) must disqualify from the criminal matters of individuals for whom a revocation proceeding was commenced or pending during the judge's tenure, but (2) may preside over the criminal matters of defendants for whom a revocation proceeding was commenced after the judge's tenure, provided the judge can be fair and impartial.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Committee cannot address legal/administrative issues relating to the court system's vaccination policies, such as whether a judge may delay vaccination beyond the deadline after denial of their exemption request and use various categories of leave during the judge's chosen delay period.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

August 10, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a part-time judge offer training and consultation to local city, town, and village governments regarding appropriate responses to "1st and 2nd Amendment audits"?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

August 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may not maintain concurrent civilian employment as a dispatcher with the State University of New York police in the same county where the judge presides.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

August 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a full-time judge serve as a class representative in a federal court action against a multi-national corporation?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge who is a community college trustee may attend a conference solely sponsored by a non-political, not-for-profit organization of college trustees, notwithstanding the conference's designation as a national legislative summit. However, the judge must not meet with federal legislators in connection with the conference, where such meetings will be seen as lobbying efforts in support of the organization's legislative agenda.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A town justice (1) must not serve as an animal control officer, even in another municipality, but (2) may serve as a volunteer firefighter or fire police, provided these roles do not involve peace officer or police officer status.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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