By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 19, 2024
A town court clerk may not maintain part-time employment in the private law office of an assistant public defender assigned to the town court.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 18, 2024
A judge may serve as financial secretary of a not-for-profit cemetery organization, provided the judge refrains from the solicitation of funds or other fund-raising activities.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 15, 2024
(1) A judge who presides in estate proceedings may continue to serve on the board of directors of a not-for-profit hospice organization, even after the judge becomes aware that a testator named the hospice as a beneficiary in their will. (2) The judge may preside over the probate of a will that contains a bequest to the hospice, absent a challenge to the bequest. If a challenge occurs, the judge must disqualify.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 14, 2024
A judge (1) may not speak about the judge's "philosophy" on pistol permits to gun advocacy groups or sportsmen/sportswomen; (2) may make non-political charitable contributions and/or be a regular member of the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Sierra Club, and Planned Parenthood, but may not donate to their political arms or assume any leadership position within them; (3) may make contributions to and/or be a member of not-for-profit educational, religious, charitable, cultural, fraternal, or civic organizations such as a public radio station, Salvation Army, a Rotary Club, and Operation Unite; and (4) may serve on a library board organized as a not-for-profit charitable, educational, or civic entity, but may not be involved in lobbying efforts or in seeking to influence legislation affecting the library.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 13, 2024
An administrative judge may not organize quarterly community volunteer opportunities for the judiciary and non-judicial staff.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 12, 2024
Where a judge's personal legal matter completely terminated in August 2023, including payment of legal fees, the two-year disqualification period runs until August 2025.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 11, 2024
A full-time judge who has co-authored a screenplay on a topic unrelated to the law may not use the judge's judicial title to solicit agents and movie producers for the screenplay, and should likewise instruct the judge's co-authors not to use the judge's judicial title in promoting the screenplay.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 8, 2024
A judge may serve on the board of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining a local park and providing educational and cultural programs for the community.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 7, 2024
(1) A part-time judge may serve on the legislative committee of a lawyers' association, provided its agenda and activities are limited to improvement of the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice. (2) A town justice who previously provided legal services to the town must disqualify in all matters in which the town is a party for a period of two years from the termination of the representation. The disqualification is subject to remittal.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2024
A town justice may not permit his/her attorney assistant to accept part-time employment in the District Attorney's office in the same county.
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