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 the Honorable Margaret Walsh, a justice of the supreme court, and the Honorable Lillian Wan, a court of claims judge and acting supreme court justice.

Digest: After receiving any administrative approvals that may be required, judges may collaborate with the Historical Society of the New York Courts on a project to contextualize existing art and memorials at the courthouse and install new thematic artworks created by artists from marginalized groups.

Rules: Judiciary Law §§ 77-78; 212(1)(n), (u); 212(2)(l); 22 NYCRR 80.1(b)(14); 80.3(b)(4); 100.2; 100.2(A); 100.2(C); 100.3(B)(4)-(5); 100.4(C)(3)(b)(i); 100.4(C)(3)(b)(iii); 101.1; Opinions 11-28; 09-167; 06-117.