The Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to written inquiries from New York state’s approximately 3,400 judges, who serve both full- and part-time. The committee’s opinions interpret the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct (22NYCRR, Part 100) and the Code of Judicial Conduct. The committee, comprised of 26 current and retired judges and headed by former Justice George D. Marlow, also answers inquiries about proper campaign conduct from candidates for elective judicial office. The New York Law Journal publishes selected recent opinions of the committee.
Digest: A judge asks whether he or she may serve as County’s Veterans’ Counselor. The judge indicate that the job involves assisting veterans to locate appropriate services and that as a part-time justice the judge has never referred any defendants to the service providers nor does the judge anticipate doing so.
