The controversy over privately sponsored educational junkets for federal judges is back in the news. Opponents of the nomination of D. Brooks Smith to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tried to seize on his attendance at such events as a basis for criticizing his ethics. And, in June 2002, the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts criticized the American Bar Association for considering the issuance of an ethics opinion that would address judges’ attendance at such seminars.
Do lawyers and the public have legitimate cause for concern when federal judges attend privately sponsored educational junkets? The answer to that question is both yes and no.
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