The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to written inquiries from New York state's approximately 3,600 judges and justices, as well as hundreds of judicial hearing officers, support magistrates, court attorney-referees, and judicial candidates (both judges and non-judges seeking election to judicial office). The committee interprets the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct (22 NYCRR Part 100) and, to the extent applicable, the Code of Judicial Conduct. The committee consists of 27 current and retired judges, and is co-chaired by former associate justice George D. Marlow of the Appellate Division and the Honorable Margaret Walsh, a justice of the Supreme Court.

Digest: A judge may write and post a book review online, provided it is not for the purpose of promoting the book's sale. The judge must not authorize use of the review on the book jacket or elsewhere to promote sales of the book.

Rules: 22 NYCRR 100.2(A); 100.2(C); 100.3(A); 100.4(A)(1)-(3); 100.4(B); 100.4(D)(3); Opinions 20-59; 19-87; 16-05; 15-162; 15-103; 12-26; 11-54; 06-114; 06-105; 05-28; 99-145; 97-133; 93-14.