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Judges on Facebook 2.0—California Offers New Advice

by Jan Jacobowitz in judges on Facebook, judicial canons, judicial ethics, Social Media. Posted April 29, 2021

California Opinion 2021-42 Provides Advice for Judges Commenting on Law Related Topics The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (“Committee”) issued Expedited Opinion 2021-42 yesterday to provide additional guidance to judges who want to make statements on Facebook concerning “legislation related to the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice.” The ...

Judges Responding to Criticism: An Amendment to the California Code of Judicial Ethics

by Camila Rivero-Fernandez in judicial ethics. Posted July 10, 2020

A recent amendment to the California Code of Judicial Ethics paves the way for a judge, who is running for reelection or defending a recall campaign, to respond to criticism about his or her decisions. Judges

Are You What You Post? Judge Reprimanded for Social Media Posts

by John Vazquez in judges on Facebook, judicial ethics, judicial misconduct, Uncategorized. Posted May 8, 2020

A Tennessee state criminal court judge was publicly reprimanded last November after complaints had been filed against him in connection with several social media posts that linked to articles that were partisan in nature.

Preaching and Presiding: Where are the Ethical Boundaries?

by Camila Rivero-Fernandez in First Amendment, judges, judicial canons, judicial ethics, Uncategorized. Posted April 19, 2020

Opinions concerning judicial ethics have sparked some controversy, when, at the conclusion of a recent murder trial, a Dallas County Court judge gifted a Christian bible to the convicted criminal while also giving her a hug. Preaching

New Guidelines Address Federal Judges’ Affiliation with Liberal and Conservative Societies

by Tesneem Shraiteh in judicial ethics. Posted March 31, 2020

An ethics opinion drafted by the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the U.S. Judicial Conference in January 2020 states that federal judges should refrain from becoming formally affiliated—either through membership or leadership roles—with the conservative Federalist Society and the liberal American Constitution Society. Societies

Judge Censured After Representing Daughter in Family Law Court

by Robert Klasfeld in judicial ethics. Posted March 17, 2020

A City Court Judge was recently censured by the New York state Commission on Judicial Conduct for serving as his daughter's lawyer on three occasions in Albany Family Court. Daughter

Chief Justice Calls for Humility, Integrity, and Dispatch on the Bench

by Fahim Gulamali in judicial ethics. Posted February 6, 2020

United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts urges federal judges to continue their efforts to promote the public’s confidence in the judiciary at the turn of the decade.

Judicial “Climate” in DC Impacted By Stormy Reply to All

by Robert Klasfeld in judicial ethics, legal ethics, reply-all, Technology, Uncategorized. Posted December 19, 2019

This fall the District of Columbia Federal Court Judges provided another cautionary example of the dangers of using reply to all when responding to an email. Judicial

JUDICIAL RECUSAL DUE TO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS — ABA PROVIDES ETHICAL GUIDANCE

by AMcLaughlin in ABA Opinion, formal opinion, judicial disqualification, judicial ethics, judicial recusal, legal ethics, Uncategorized. Posted October 22, 2019

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) recently issued an opinion providing guidance on when judges should recuse themselves due to personal relationships with lawyers or involved parties. JUDICIAL

Facebook “Friendship” Leads to Judge’s Disqualification

by Karina Oms in Disqualification, Facebook, judicial ethics, legal ethics, social media, Uncategorized. Posted October 15, 2019

The growth in popularity of social media has led to complicated ethics questions, particularly related to judges and lawyers. Facebook

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership

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