Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-152

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 11, 2024

    May a judge with relevant personal knowledge provide an affirmation of good moral character on behalf of a first-time applicant for admission to the bar?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-151

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 10, 2024

    A judge may preside over Article 75 proceedings challenging employment arbitration awards, where the state agency employer was previously represented in-house by the judge's law clerk's spouse, but the judge must insulate the law clerk and make appropriate disclosures.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-150

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 9, 2024

    Once a judge and their spouse jointly hire a law firm to mediate their divorce negotiations, the judge is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all matters where the law firm appears. This obligation lasts while the mediation relationship is ongoing and for two years after the mediation relationship completely ends and all fees are paid.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-149

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 8, 2024

    A new full-time judge may retain the lease of the office previously used for the judge's solo legal practice, where the lease is in the name of the judge and not the law firm under which the judge was doing business.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-148

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 7, 2024

    A judge who presides in civil matters may participate in a university-sponsored educational program at a correctional facility in another region of the state.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-147

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 4, 2024

    A judge may wear a rainbow pin or flag on the judge's personal clothing, and display like pins, flags or signs in the judge's chambers.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-145

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 2, 2024

    A part-time judge may "ghostwrite" a not-for-profit organization's fund-raising letters and grant applications that will be signed, submitted and circulated by others without crediting the judge, provided the judge does not personally solicit funds, does not permit the use of the prestige of judicial office for fund-raising, and does not permit his/her name to appear as the author or signatory on any fund-raising solicitations or grant applications.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-144

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 1, 2024

    May a full-time support magistrate in one county serve as a volunteer arbitrator in the small claims part of a different court in another county?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-143

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 30, 2024

    A town justice may preside in Vehicle and Traffic Law matters even if the judge believes the issuing law enforcement agency may follow a policy of enforcing traffic laws only against non-residents, provided the judge can be fair and impartial on a case-by-case basis.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-140

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 27, 2024

    (1) A judge must not personally participate in soliciting funds for a not-for-profit civic or charitable organization and therefore must not: (a) send out solicitation letters for the organization; (b) post announcements about the organization's fund-raising activities or initiatives on social media.

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