Judicial Conduct Reporter Topic Index

Index

The following index begins with Volume 15, No. 1. The most recent previous index is in Volume 14, No. 4.The numbers refer to the volume number, the issue number, and the page number on which the article discussing the topics begins. For example, "16/2/1" indicates that the articles is in Volume 16, No. 2, beginning at page 1. Several double issues of the Reporter have been published and are indicated, for example, by "20/2-3" or "17/4-18/1" followed by the page number.

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A

ABA Model Code revisions | Abuse of power | Administrative duties | Advisory opinions | Alcoholism/impairment | Appointments | Attorney misconduct

B

Bar associations | Bias

C

Campaign contributions/publicly stated support | Campaign speech | Campaign oversight | Canons 1 and 2 | Character witness | Charitable fund-raising | Community activities | Confidentiality | Conduct in judicial discipline proceedings | Contempt | Court staff

D

Delay and diligence | Demeanor | Disciplinary responsibilities | Dismissals | Disqualification/recusal

E

Ex parte communications

F

Falsehoods/lack of candor | Family members | Federal judicial conduct | Financial activities

G

Gifts

H

Homeowners' association

I

Impeachment

J

Judges' association | Judicial education | Juries

L

Legal error/abuse of discretion as misconduct | Letters of recommendation

M

Misrepresentation by judges

N

Nepotism | New judge issues

O

Organizations that practice invidious discrimination | Other countries

P

Part-time lawyer judges | Personal conduct | Political activities (not related to judge's own campaign) | Practice of law | Prestige of office | Private discipline | Pro se litigants | Problem-solving courts | Procedures in judicial discipline cases – specific states | Procedures in judicial discipline cases

R

Removal | Republican Party of Minnesota v. White

S

Sanctions | Settlement | Sexual harassment/sexual conduct | Smoking in chambers | Social activity of judges | | Social media | Speech and writing

T

Ticket-fixing | Title | Travel reimbursements

U

Use of court resources

W

Weddings


ABA Model Code revisions

  • The American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct 25/3/1 (fall 2003)
  • Revision of the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct 27/2/3 (summer 2005)
  • Proposed Revisions to the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct 28/3/1 (fall 2006)
  • New Model Code of Judicial Conduct 29/1/1 (spring 2007)
  • Top Judicial Ethics Stories in 2008 30/4/1 (winter 2009)
  • Model Code Adoption 31/4/2 (winter 2010)

Abuse of power

  • Abuses of power:  Recent cases 46/1/15 (spring 2024)
  • Judge Sanctioned for Unauthorized Letter and Hearing after Observing Reckless Driving 22/1/5 (spring 2000)
  • Personal Vendetta against Attorney: Recent Case 24/2/3 (summer 2002)
  • Judicial Road Rage 25/1/1 (spring 2003)
  • Flipping a Coin: Recent Cases 25/2/1 (summer 2003)
  • Recent Decisions: Rejecting Plea Agreement 32/1/3 (spring 2010)
  • Recent Decisions: Inappropriate Detention 32/1/3 (spring 2010)
  • Incarcerating attorney 33/2/3 (summer 2011)
  • Escalating a personal disagreement 33/2/1 (summer 2011)
  • Recent cases: Abuse of power 33/3/3 (fall 2012)
  • Recent cases: Public feud 35/1/4 (spring 2013)
  • Recent cases: Banning clerk from the courthouse 40/1/13 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: $4 billion bond 40/1/18 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Friendship and favors 40/3/22 (fall 2018)
  • Recent cases:  Dissatisfaction 44/1/22 (spring 2022)
  • “A personal brand of justice”:  Recent cases 46/2/17 (summer 2024)
  • “At the wrong time and in the wrong manner” 46/2/19 (summer 2024)

Administrative duties

Advisory opinions

  • Rhode Island to Publish Advisory Opinions 16/2/2 (summer 1994)
  • Advisory Opinions on the Web 21/2/4 (summer 1999)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions: Problem-solving Courts 28/4/2 (winter 2008)
  • Judicial Ethics Advisory Committees 31/1/2 (spring 2009)

Alcoholism/impairment

  • West Virginia Judicial Panel Reviews Impairment 16/2/3 (summer 1994)
  • Kansas Committee Assists Impaired Judges 16/2/3 (summer 1994)
  • Discipline for Driving While Intoxicated 24/4/2 (winter 2003)
  • Programs to Address Judicial Substance Abuse 25/1/4 (spring 2003)
  • Providing Help for Judges in Distress 28/2/4 (summer 2006)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (addiction fallout) 34/4/11 (winter 2013)
  • Judicial well-being: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2017 39/4/15 (winter 2018)

Appointments

  • Avoiding nepotism and favoritism in judicial appointments 45/3/2 (fall 2023)
  • Appointing brother-in-law:  Recent cases 45/1/25 (spring 2023)
  • The Appearance of Favoritism in Appointments 27/3/3 (fall 2005)
  • Nepotism 35/2/1 (summer 2013)
  • Delegating powers to receive, disproportionate appointments: Recent cases 36/3/3 (fall 2014)

Attorney misconduct

  • Judicial Discipline for Pre-Bench Attorney Misconduct 23/3/1 (fall 2001)
  • Bar Discipline 30/4/8 (winter 2009)
  • Recent Decisions: Appearance of Quid Pro Quo in Appointments 32/1/3 (spring 2010)

Bar association

  • May a Judge Serve as a Bar Association Officer? 18/4/2 (winter 1997)
  • Judges’ Participation in Bar Association Activities 20/2-3/12 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Recent Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions: Bar and Judges' Associations 30/1/2 (spring 2009)

Bias

  • Judges and symbols 45/4/19 (winter 2024)
  • Judge Removed for Anti-Prosecution Bias 20/2-3/1 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Judge Sanctioned for Comments that Manifested Socioeconomic Bias 21/3/6 (fall 1999)
  • Recent Cases: Exchanging Notes with Staff that Created and Appearance of Bias 22/3/6 (fall 2000)
  • Letters About Cases: Recent Decisions 26/1/3 (spring 2004)
  • Creating Appearance of Bias: Recent Decisions 26/2/4 (summer 2004)
  • Recent Decisions: Halloween Costume 27/1/4 (spring 2005)
  • Comments Regarding Crimes Against Women 29/2/3 (summer 2007)
  • Recent cases: Religious practices 37/1/12 (spring 2015)

Campaign contributions/publicly stated support

  • Recent Decisions: Judicial Campaign Fund Raising 17/1/1 (spring 1995)
  • Ohio Campaign Spending Limits Held Unconstitutional 18/3/2 (fall 1996)
  • Justice Sanctioned for Soliciting Publicly-Stated Support During Campaign 19/4-20/1/12 (winter-spring 1998)
  • Disposition of Unexpended Judicial Campaign 23/2/1 (summer 2001)
  • Judicial Campaign Restrictions Upheld 23/2/2 (summer 2001)
  • Recent Cases: Campaign Conduct 27/2/7 (summer 2005)
  • Top Judicial Ethics Stories in 2008: Campaign Solicitations 30/4/1 (winter 2009)
  • The First Amendment and solicitation of campaign contributions: Williams-Yulee v. Florda Bar 37/1/4 (spring 2015)
  • Personal solicitation of campaign contributions: Top judicial ethics stories of 2016 37/4/11 (winter 2016)
  • Judicial campaigns on-line 42/2/6 (summer 2020)
  • Virtual campaign solicitation 42/2/14 (summer 2020)

Campaign speech

  • Judicial candidate questionnaires 46/1/10 (spring 2024)
  • What judges said outside the courthouse that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/18 (winter 2023)
  • Recent Developments: Campaign Speech 15/2/1 (summer 1993)
  • Recent Decisions: Campaign Speech 16/1/6 (spring 1994)
  • Advisory Opinions Set Limits on Campaign Speech 18/2/1 (summer 1996)
  • Campaign Ad Earns Reprimand for Ohio Judge 18/4/6 (winter 1997)
  • Judicial Campaign Ads Violate Code of Conduct 19/1/2 (spring 1997)
  • The Florida Supreme Court Takes Aim at Unethical Judicial Campaign Conduct 19/4-20/1/1 (winter-spring 1998)
  • Georgia Adopts New Rules Governing Political Conduct 19/2-3/12 (summer-fall 1997)
  • Setback to Fair Judicial Campaigns in Michigan 22/1/1 (spring 2000)
  • Court Upholds Prohibition on Misrepresentations in Campaigns, Overturns Provision on Maintaining Dignity 22/1/3 (spring 2000)
  • Recent Cases: Campaign statements about leniency 22/4/7 (winter 2001)
  • Judicial Campaign Restrictions Upheld 23/2/2 (summer 2001)
  • Judges Sanctioned for Campaign Speech Violations 23/3/4 (fall 2001)
  • Judicial Campaign Speech: Recent Decisions 25/2/3 (summer 2003)
  • Judicial Campaign Speech: Canon 5A(3)(d) 26/3/1 (fall 2004)
  • Campaign and Political Activity Developments 28/1/4 (spring 2006)
  • Campaign Speech Developments 28/2/4 (summer 2006)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions -- Campaign and Political Activity (summer 2008)
  • Campaign Representations about Incumbency (summer 2008)
  • Top Judicial Ethics Stories in 2008: Campaign Speech 30/4/1 (winter 2009)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (judicial elections) 34/4/11 (winter 2013)
  • Misrepresentations about incumbency in judicial election campaigns 38/1/10 (spring 2016)
  • False or misleading campaign statements 38/2/1 (summer 2016)
  • What they said during campaigns: What judges said that got them in trouble in 2018 40/4/26 (winter 2019)
  • Judicial campaigns on-line 42/2/6 (summer 2020)
  • What they said in election campaigns that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/30 (winter 2021)
  • Recent cases: "My human" 43/3/19 (fall 2021)

Campaign oversight

  • South Dakota Adopts Procedure for Handling Judicial Campaign Complaints 19/4-20/1/9 (winter-spring 1998)
  • Judicial Campaign Oversight 21/4/1 (winter 2000)
  • The National Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct: Mission, Activities, and Prospects 26/1/1 (spring 2004)
  • To judicial ethics stories of 2012 (judicial elections) 34/4/11 (winter 2013)
  • What they said in 2017 on social media, to reporters, and in campaigns 24 (winter 2018)

Canons 1 and 2

Character witness

Charitable fund-raising

  • Juror Compensation and Charitable Donations 21/4/6 (winter 1999)
  • Charitable Contributions as Part of a Sentence 21/4/1(winter 2000)
  • Involvement with Charitable Organization: Recent Cases 25/2/1 (summer 2003)
  • Charitable Fund-raising 25/3/3 (fall 2003)
  • Solicitation of Charitable Contributions 26/2/5 (summer 2004)
  • Recent Judicial Advisory Opinions: Charitable Fund-Raising 26/3/2 (fall 2004)
  • Solicitation of Pro Bono Legal Services 26/3/3 (fall 2004)
  • Image Campaigns 27/1/3 (spring 2005)
  • Participation in Fund-raising Event: Recent Decisions 28/3/4 (fall 2006)
  • Charitable fund-raising: Recent decisions 29/1/4 (spring 2007)
  • Donations to Charitable Auctions 30/1/3 (spring 2009)
  • Participating in Charitable Walkathons, Performances, and Similar Fund-raiser 32/2/1 (summer 2010)
  • Soliciting for display 33/2/11 (summer 2011)
  • Defining charitable "fund-raising event" 36/1/1 (spring 2014)
  • Particpating in fund-raising events 36/2/1 (summer 2014)
  • Discipline for charitable fund-raising 36/2/1 (summer 2014)
  • Charitable contributions as part of sentences 38/3/1 (fall 2016)
  • Fund-raising for problem-solving courts (summer 2019)
  • Judges ordering charitable contributions 43/3/2 (fall 2021)
  • Charitable fundraising 44/1/12 (spring 2022)

Community activities

  • What Can Judges Do under the Code? Judicial Ethics and Community Activities 15/1/1(spring 1993)
  • Isolation and Individualism: The Twin Tempters of Judicial Service 15/1/1(spring 1993)
  • Judge Censured for Serving on Government Panel 17/2/4 (summer 1995)
  • Ethics and Judges' Evolving Roles Off the Bench: Service on Governmental Commissions 24/1/1 (spring 2002)
  • Judge's Participation in Cultural Exchange 24/3/5 (fall 2002)
  • Service in National Guard 26/3/3 (fall 2004)
  • Recent Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions -- Extra-Judicial Activities 29/1/2 (spring 2007)
  • Judges as Board Members for Non-profit Organizations that Provide Court-Ordered Services 32/1/3 (spring 2010)
  • Serving on boards of legal aid organizations and similar groups 34/2/4 (summer 2012)
  • Nexuses and tangents: The law, the legal system, or the administration of justice 37/1/1 (spring 2015)
  • Judges and Boy Scouts: Top judicial ethics stories of 2016 37/4/10 (winter 2016)
  • Promotional campaigns for alma maters and other organizations 40/2/6 (summer 2018)
  • Encouraging pro bono services 42/3/15 (fall 2020)
  • Judicial participation in demonstrations, protests, marches, and rallies 41/4/25 (winter 2021)

Conduct in judicial discipline proceedings

  • Treatment of judicial discipline complainants 36/1/1 (spring 2014)

Confidentiality

  • Statements of clarification, explanation, and correction by judicial conduct commissions 45/3/12 (fall 2023)
  • Exceptions to the confidentiality of judicial discipline proceedings 45/2/15 (summer 2023)
  • Recent Decision: Confidentiality 16/3/5 (fall 1994)
  • New Hampshire Changes Confidentiality Rules 17/4-18/1/10 (winter-spring 1996)
  • AJS Adopts Policy on Confidentiality 17/4-18/1/10 (winter-spring 1996)
  • New Hampshire Changes Confidentiality Rules 21/3/5 (fall 1999)
  • Recent Cases: Failure to comply with the law and violating confidentiality rules 22/3/5 (fall 2000)
  • Disclosure to Bar Authorities: Exceptions to Confidentiality 22/4/2 (winter 2001)
  • Disclosure to Law Enforcement Authorities: Exceptions to Confidentiality 23/1/2 (spring 2001)
  • Disclosure to Appointing Authorities: Exceptions to Confidentiality 23/3/3 (fall 2001)
  • Statement of Clarification and Correction: Exceptions to Confidentiality 24/1/2 (spring 2002)
  • Confidentiality Rules Change in Arizona 28/2/1 (summer 2006)
  • Confidentiality of Complaints (summer 2008)
  • Disclosure of Dismissals to the Public 31/2/3 (summer 2009)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2011 33/4/1 (winter 2012)
  • Confidentiality in judicial discipline proceedings 41/3/2 (fall 2019)
  • Public hearings in judicial discipline proceedings 41/1/10 (spring 2020)

Contempt

  • Exercising Control Without Contempt 21/3/1 (fall 1999)
  • Abuse of the Contempt Power 27/4/3 (winter 2007)
  • Holding domestic violence complainant in contempt: Recent decisions 33/3/9 (fall 2011)
  • Treatment of domestic violence complainants 38/2/1 (summer 2016)
  • Judicial discipline for abuse of the contempt power 43/2/2 (summer 2021)

Court staff

  • What they said to or about court staff and others judges that got them in trouble in 2023 45/4/18 (winter 2024)
  • “The character assassination game:”  Recent cases 45/3/22 (fall 2023)
  • What judges said to or about court staff and other judges that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/14 (winter 2023)
  • Codes of Conduct for Nonjudicial Court Employees 15/4/1 (winter 1994)
  • Court Staff Falls Under Conduct Panel’s Watch 16/1/7 (spring 1994)
  • Washington Censures Judges for Romance with Secretary 18/2/7 (summer 1996)
  • Judge Censured for Affair with Court Reporter 18/4/7 (winter 1997)
  • Use for Court Staff and Resources for Personal Business 19/4-20/1/1 (winter-spring 1998)
  • Recent Cases: Exchanging notes with staff that created an appearance of bias 22/3/6 (fall 2000)
  • Law Courts' Acceptance of Perks From Future Employers 24/1/1 (spring 2002)
  • Law Clerk's Future Employer 24/2/1 (summer 2002)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions: Court Staff 27/2/2 (summer 2005)
  • Failure to Supervise: Recent Decision 28/3/4 (fall 2006)
  • Nepotism 35/2/1 (summer 2013)
  • Small claims case: Recent cases 36/2/11 (summer 2014)
  • Improper delegation of adjudicative responsibilities 38/3/1 (fall 2016)
  • Professional boundaries in the courthouse 40/2/2 (summer 2018)
  • What they said to or about court staff that got them in trouble in 2018 40/4/14 (winter 2019)
  • What they said to or about court staff that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/18 (winter 2020)
  • Recent cases: Review and approve 42/1/18 (spring 2020)
  • What they sad to court staff that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/25 (winter 2021)
  • Recent cases: Salty 43/2/25 (summer 2021)

COVID-19 pandemic-related conduct

  • What judges said and did in the pandemic that got them in trouble:  Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2022 44/4/9 (winter 2023)
  • Judicial ethics and discipline during a pandemic: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2020 42/4/32 (winter 2021)
  • Judicial ethics during a crisis: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2021 43/4/8 (winter 2022)

Delay and diligence

  • Tardiness, absences, and refusing to follow the law:  Recent cases 44/2/29 (summer 2022)
  • Prejudicial delay: recent cases 44/22/27 (summer 2022)
  • Judges Who Delay May be Subject to Discipline 18/4/1 (winter 1997)
  • Recent Cases: Delay in circulating opinions by supreme court justice 22/4/7
  • Discipline for Delay 31/4/1 (winter 2010)
  • Trial schedule 35/3/3 (fall 2013)
  • Failure to follow the law, chronic tardiness: Recent cases 36/2/3 (summer 2014)
  • Failing to speak up: Recent cases 38/1/1 (spring 2016)
  • Improper delegation of adjudicative responsibilities 38/3/1 (fall 2016)
  • Habitual tardiness 40/1/2 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Sleep deprivation 41/1/23 (spring 2019)

Demeanor

  • Detesting the law:  Recent cases 46/1/19 (spring 2024)
  • The judicial “high road”:  Recent cases  46/1/18 (spring 2024)
  • Impatient, undignified, and discourteous conduct 45/4/10 (winter 2024)
  • What they said to or about litigants and attorneys that got them in trouble in 2023 45/4/14 (winter 2024)
  • ”Snowflake,” “saving face,” and “fast and loose:”  Recent cases 45/3/20 (fall 2023)
  • Like a cardiologist, a ninth grader, and a guy off the street:  Recent cases  45/2/18 (summer 2023)
  • What judges said in civil and family law cases that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/8 (winter 2023)
  • What judges said in criminal cases that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/3 (winter 2023)
  • Judicial confrontations:  Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2022 44/4/19 (winter 2023)
  • Legal error and injudicious conduct:  Recent cases 44/3/23 (fall 2022)
  • Appellate Judge Reprimanded for Critical Comments Made in Oral Argument 20/2-3/14 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Judge Sanctioned for Bullying, Failure to Protect Rights 21/3/4 (fall 1999)
  • Judge Removed for Ethnic Slurs, Attempts to Influence Depositions 22/4/7 (winter 2001)
  • Recent Cases: Disparaging comments to defendant; Criticism of jury 22/4/7 (winter 2001)
  • What They Said That Got Them in Trouble 24/4/2 (winter 2003)
  • Comments During Sentencing: Recent Cases 25/2/1 (summer 2003)
  • The Duty to Be Patient, Dignified, and Courteous 25/4/4 (winter 2004)
  • Treatment of Jurors 25/4/4 (winter 2004)
  • Treatment of Court Staff 25/4/5 (winter 2004)
  • Recent Cases: Judicial Demeanor 28/1/1 (spring 2006)
  • Comments Regarding Crimes Against Women 29/2/3 (summer 2007)
  • Embroilment 30/1/1 (spring 2008)
  • What They Said That Got Them in Trouble 31/4/1 (winter 2010)
  • Demeanor in Domestic Violence Cases 32/1/1 (spring 2010)
  • Recent Decisions: Inappropriate Outbursts 32/1/3 (spring 2010)
  • Demeanor: Recent Decisions 32/2/3 (summer 2010)
  • Tinfoil hat: Recent Decisions 32/2/3 (summer 2010)
  • Comments about KKK 33/2/3 (summer 2011)
  • Ethnic stereotypes: Recent decisions 33/3/8 (fall 2011)
  • Comments during sentencing 35/3/1 (fall 2013)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2014: Chronological age (winter 2015)
  • Marathon session: Recent cases 37/2/3 (summer 2015)
  • Personified incivility: Recent cases 38/3/3 (fall 2016)
  • What they said to or about court staff that got them in trouble in 2017
    39/4/10 (winter 2018)
  • What they said to or about litigants that got them in trouble in 2017
    39/4/14 (winter 2018)
  • What they said in the courtroom that got them in trouble in 2017 
    39/4/19 (winter 2018)
  • What they said to or about attorneys that got them in trouble in 2017 
    (winter 2018)
  • What they said to or about litigants that got them in trouble in 2018 
    40/4/3 (winter 2019)
  • What they said to or about attorneys that got them in trouble in 2018 
    (winter 2019)
  • What they said to or about criminal defendants that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/3 (winter 2020)
  • What they said to litigants in family court cases that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/5 (winter 2020)
  • What they said to or self-represented litigants that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/6 (winter 2020)
  • What they said to or about attorneys that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/12 (winter 2020)
  • What they said to or about litigants that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/3 (winter 2021)
  • What they said to or about criminal defendants that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/11 (winter 2021)
  • What they said to or about attorneys that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/23 (winter 2021)
  • Recent cases: Zoom problems 43/1/21 (spring 2021)
  • Recent cases: No excuses 43/1/23 (spring 2021)
  • Recent cases: Judicial touching 43/2/22 (summer 2021)
  • Recent cases: Salty 43/2/25 (summer 2021)
  • Recent cases: "A guy who wears a costume" (fall 2021)
  • What they said in or about criminal proceedings that got them in trouble 43/4/6 (winter 2022)
  • What they said in or about family court or domestic violence proceedings that got them in trouble 43/4/6 (winter 2022)
  • Judges and Firearms 44/1/2 (spring 2022)

Disciplinary responsibilities

  • Disciplinary Responsibilities 15/4/6 (winter 1994)
  • A Judge’s Obligation to Report Criminal Activity 18/3/3 (fall 1996)
  • Disciplinary Responsibilities 25/3/3 (fall 2003)
  • Reporter misconduct: Recent cases 35/2/11 (summer 2013)
  • Failing to speak up: Recent cases 38/1/1 (spring 2016)
  • A judge's discretion to report criminal conduct 41/1/16 (spring 2019)

Dismissals

  • Commissions Dismiss Cases for a Variety of Reasons 22/2/1 (summer 2000)
  • Explaining the role of judicial conduct commissions 34/2/1 (spring 2012)
  • Public outrage in California: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2016 38/4/13 (winter 2017)

Disqualification/recusal

  • Gratuitous and inappropriate:  Recent cases 45/1/21 (spring 2023)
  • Supreme Court Justices Adopt Recusal Policy 15/3/6 (fall 1993)
  • Recent Decisions: Disqualification 15/4/4 (winter 1994)
  • Article Outlines Procedure for Recusing Judges 17/2/4 (summer 1995)
  • Disqualification Based on Comments to the Media in a Pending Case 23/2/1 (summer 2001)
  • Disqualification for Economic Interest: Recent Case 23/2/4 (summer 2001)
  • Disqualification: Judge's Attorney Appears in a Case 24/3/1 (fall 2002)
  • Cases Involving Family Members: Recent Decisions 26/1/3 (spring 2004)
  • Recent Judicial Advisory Opinions: Disqualification 26/2/2 (summer 2004)
  • Judicial Campaign Opponents and Impartiality 29/2/1 (summer 2007)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions -- Disqualification 29/2/2 (summer 2007)
  • Campaign Supporters and Disqualification 29/3/1 (fall 2007)
  • Disqualification Following a Complaint or Lawsuit Against a Judge (summer 2008)
  • Disqualification and Friendships with Attorney 31/3/1 (fall 2009)
  • Recent Decisions: Using Recusal as a Tactic 32/1/3 (spring 2010)
  • Disqualification Issues Faced by New Judges 32/3/1 (fall 2010)
  • Failure to Disqualify: Recent Decisions 32/3/3 (fall 2010)
  • When a Relative is Involved in a Case 33/2/1 (summer 2011)
  • When a Relative is a Prosecutor or Other Government Attorney 33/2/1(summer 2011)
  • A lawyer in the family—Part III: Disqualification when a relative’s law firm appears in a case 33/3/1 (fall 2011)
  • Failing to disqualify from friends’ divorce: Recent decisions 33/3/1 (fall 2011)
  • Fine-tuning disqualification rules 34/1/1 (spring 2012)
  • Inappropriate order: Recent cases 34/2/11 (summer 2012)
  • Recent cases: Pistols 34/3/3 (fall 2012)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (Tennessee disqualification reform) 34/4/8 (winter 2013)
  • Taking action after disqualification 35/2/1 (summer 2013)
  • Recent disqualification decisions 35/3/1 (fall 2013)
  • Disqualification 35/3/3 (fall 2013)
  • Woman judge was dating 35/3/3 (fall 2013)
  • Failure to appoint interpreter 36/3/11 (fall 2014)
  • Disqualification: Recent cases 38/2/4 (summer 2016)
  • The U.S. Supreme Court and state judicial disqualification: Top judicial ethics stories of 2016 38/4/20 (winter 2017)
  • Support relationship 39/3/14 (fall 2017)
  • Recent cases: Friendship and favors 40/3/22 (fall 2018)
  • Recent cases: Willful ignorance, unreasonable credulity, and misappropriation (summer 2019)
  • Relationships, disqualification, and disclosure (winter 2020)
  • Disqualification and social media connections 42/2/2 (summer 2020)
  • Judicial disqualification: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2021 43/4/15 (winter 2022)

Ex parte communications

  • Internet search:  Recent cases 46/1/19 (spring 2024)
  • “Much more cautious now:”  Recent cases 45/3/18 (fall 2023)
  • Ex parte communications and independent investigations:  Recent cases 44/3/2 (fall 2022)
  • Ex Parte Communications: Recent Discipline 21/2/1 (summer 1999)
  • Ex Parte Communications: Recent Advisory Opinions 21/2/4 (summer 1999)
  • Recent Cases: Ex parte Communications with Experts 22/3/1 (fall 2000)
  • Ex Parte Petitions to Temporary Custody Orders 23/3/9 (fall 2001)
  • Ex Parte Communications: Recent Cases 24/2/2 (summer 2002)
  • Pending Case, Public Comment, and Course of Official Duties Defined: Recent Case 24/3/3 (fall 2002)
  • Ex Parte Communications 25/3/1 (fall 2003)
  • After an Ex Parte Communication 26/2/1 (summer 2004)
  • Ex Parte Communications: Recent Cases 28/4/1 (winter 2008)
  • The Temptations of Technology 31/2/1 (summer 2009)
  • Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law 31/2/3 (summer 2009)
  • Ex Parte Communications in Domestic Violence Cases 32/2/1 (summer 2010)
  • Ex Parte Communications in Problem-solving Courts 32/2/4 (summer 2010)
  • Independent Investigatiion: Recent Decisions 32/3/3 (fall 2010)
  • Ex Parte Communications 33/1/1 (spring 2011)
  • Reading on-line comments: Recent cases 34/1/7 (spring 2012)
  • Independent investigations 34/2/1 (summer 2012)
  • Ex parte communications with defense counsel, police chief: Recent cases 34/2/3 (summer 2012)
  • Ex parte communication with prosecutor: Recent cases 34/2/3 (summer 2012)
  • After disconnecting: Recent cases 34/2/3 ((summer 2012)
  • Ex parte sidebar with prosecutor: Recent cases 35/2/3 (summer 2013)
  • Ex parte communication with grandmother: Recent cases 35/2/11 (summer 2013)
  • Small claims case: Recent cases 36/2/3 (summer 2014)
  • Communications with appellate court 39/3/5 (fall 2017)
  • Recent cases: Independent investigation in a harassment case 40/1/15 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Ex parte information in a domestic violence case 40/1/16 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Neighbor dispute 40/3/18 (fall 2018)
  • Recent cases: Ex parte e-mails 41/1/21 (spring 2019)
  • Recent cases: Ex parte communications and independent investigation (summer 2019)
  • Recent cases: Ex parte communications: “Convenience, happenstance, and habit” 41/3/20 (fall 2019)
  • What they said ex parte that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/11 (winter 2020)
  • Recent cases: "Beyond mere friendly conversation" 42/1/20 (spring 2020)
  • Recent cases: Ex parte communications in a small community 42/2/15 (summer 2020)
  • Judicial ethics in landlord/tenant cases 42/3/2 (fall 2020)
  • Recent cases: Independent investigation 42/3/20 (fall 2020)
  • Remedy for an ex parte communication 43/2/17 (summer 2021)
  • Recent cases:  "Mindless action" 44/1/23 (spring 2022)

Falsehoods/lack of candor

  • Gifts/Lack of Candor Lead to Judge’s Removal 17/2/1 (summer 1995)
  • Judge Censured for False Claim to Medal of Honor 17/2/2 (summer 1995)
  • New York/Michigan Judges Removed for Patterns of Misrepresentation 20/2-3/ 7 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Discipline for Misrepresentations 23/4/3 (fall 2018)

Family members

  • Representing family 46/1/2 (spring 2024)
  • A judge accompanying a family member to court 45/3/15 (fall 2023)
  • Blurred boundaries: Recent cases 44/2/29 (summer 2022)
  • Judges Need Clear Rules on Family’s Political Activity 17/4-18/1/9 (winter-spring 1996)
  • Giving Legal Advice to Family Members 21/1/1 (spring 1999)
  • Use of the Prestige of Office to Benefit Family Members 23/1/1 (spring 2001)
  • Recent Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions: Family Matters 27/1/2 (spring 2005)
  • When a Family Member Supports a Political Candidate 30/1/1 (spring 2008)
  • When a Family Member is Running for Political Office (summer 2008)
  • Attending a Hearing with a Family Member 30/1/3 (spring 2009)
  • When a Relative is Involved in a Case 33/2/1 (summer 2011)
  • When a Relative is a Prosecutor or Other Government Attorney 33/2/1 (summer 2011)
  • A lawyer in the family—Part III: Disqualification when a relative’s law firm appears in a case 33/3/1 (fall 2011)
  • Defining family 37/2/1 (summer 2015)
  • Mixing family and politics at home 40/1/7 (spring 2018)

Federal judicial conduct

  • Code of conduct for the U.S. Supreme Court 45/4/23 (winter 2024)
  • Federal judicial discipline:  Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2022 44/4/15 (winter 2023)
  • FJC Studies Federal Judicial Discipline 15/2/1 (summer 1993)
  • Standing in Federal Discipline Proceedings 15/4/8 (winter 1994)
  • Federal Judge Disciplined for Abusive Conduct 20/2-3/5 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Federal Judge Reprimanded for Misrepresentations 20/2-3/6 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Judicial Independence and Judicial Discipline 23/3/2 (fall 2001)
  • Federal Judicial Discipline 28/3/1 (fall 2006)
  • Top Judicial Ethics Stores in 2008: Federal Judicial Reprimands 30/4/1 (winter 2009)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2011 33/4/1 (winter 2012)
  • Federal judges: Top judicial ethics stories of 2015 (winter 2015)

Financial activities

Gifts

  • Recent Advisory Opinion: Ordinary Social Hospitality 16/3/7 (fall 1994)
  • Gifts/Lack of Candor Lead to Judge’s Removal 17/2/1 (summer 1995)
  • Legal Defense Funds for Judges 21/3/1 (fall 1999)
  • Judge Reprimanded for Accepting Baseball Tickets from Attorneys 22/1/6 (spring 2000)
    Issue for New Judges 25/1/1 (spring 2003)
  • Wedding Fees 26/1/1 (spring 2004)
  • Recent Cases: Sport (accepting tickets) 28/2/3 (summer 2006)
  • Holiday gifts and parties 39/3/17 (fall 2017)
  • Gifts and receptions for new judges 46/2/2 (summer 2024)

Homeowners’ associations

  • Serving on the Board of a Homeowners’ Association 19/1/7 (spring 1997)

Impeachment

  • Illinois Chief Justice Censured, But Not Impeached 19/1/1 (spring 1997)
  • Controversy and Reform in New Hampshire 23/1/1 (spring 2001)

Judges' association

  • Recent Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions: Bar and Judges' Associations 30/1/2 (spring 2009)

Judicial education

Juries

Legal error/abuse of discretion as misconduct

Letters of recommendation

  • Letters in adjudicative proceedings 44/3/11 (fall 2022)
  • Recommendations by judges 44/2/2 (summer 2022)
  • Recent Decisions: Character Letters to Sentencing Judge 16/4/1 (winter 1995)
  • Providing Recommendations Regarding Judicial Appointments 22/1/1 (spring 2000)
    Evaluating Attorneys 22/4/16 (winter 2001)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions: Recommendations and Reference 28/1/2 (spring 2006)
  • Recommendations in Adjudicative Proceedings 31/3/1 (fall 2009)
  • Vouching for pardon, parole, or clemency 40/3/13 (fall 2018)

Misrepresentations by judges

Misuse of office

  • Gratuitous References to Judicial Position 26/2/4 (summer 2004)
  • Interfering in prosecution: Recent decisions 33/3/7 (fall 2011)
  • Recent cases: “Serious problems there, Dude” 34/3/3 (fall 2012)
  • What they said that abused the prestige of office: What judges said that got them in trouble in 2018 (winter 2019)
    Recent cases: Private, individual, and secret interests 40/3/22 (fall 2019)

Nepotism

New judge issues

Organizations that practice invidious discrimination

  • Recent Advisory Opinions: Organizations that Practice Invidious Discrimination 17/1/1 (spring 1995)
  • Invidious Discrimination 26/3/3 (fall 2004)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2011 33/4/1 (winter 2012)

Other countries

  • Judicial Conduct Commission in Russia 29/1/3 (spring 2007)
  • Judicial Accountability System in Bosnia and Herzegovina 29/3/1 (fall 2007)

Part-time lawyer judges

  • Extraordinarily poor choice:  Recent cases 45/1/23 (spring 2023)
  • Part-time Lawyer Judges Disciplined 23/4/5 (winter 2002)
  • Part-time Judge Presiding in Cases in Which He Had Represented Defendant: Recent Cases 25/2/9 (summer 2003)
  • Part-time judge's ad: Recent cases 35/2/11 (summer 2013)
  • Acting as attorney for rape victim 35/3/8 (fall 2013)

Personal conduct

  • What they said outside the courthouse that got them in trouble in 2023 45/4/22 (winter 2024)
  • Leaving the bench 45/1/8 (spring 2023)
  • What judges said outside the courthouse that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/18 (winter 2023)
  • Judicial confrontations:  Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2022 44/4/19 (winter 2023)
  • Switching hats: The judge as litigant 34/1/1 (spring 2012)
  • Playing poker: Recent cases 34/2/11 (summer 2012)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (viral videotape) 34/4/9 (winter 2013)
  • Continuing disregard: Recent cases 37/2/3 (summer 2015)
    Failing to speak up: Recent cases 38/1/1 (spring 2016)
  • Inappropriate e-mails in Pennsylvania: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories in 2016 38/4/7 (winter 2017)
  • Recent cases: Stalking and harassing 40/1/14 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Inappropriate e-mail 41/1/22 (spring 2019)
  • Marijuana and judicial ethics (summer 2019)
  • What they said in their personal lives that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/26 (winter 2020)
  • Judicial discipline for drunk driving offenses 42/1/2 (spring 2020)
  • Recent cases: Intoxicated altercation 41/1/17 (spring 2020)
  • What they said off-the-bench that got them in trouble in 22 42/4/34 (winter 2021)
  • Recent cases: Above the law 43/3/21(fall 2021)
  • Judges and Firearms 44/1/2 (spring 2022)

Political activity (not related to judge's own campaign)

  • Ohio Adopts New Canon Governing Political Activity 17/1/23 (spring 1995)
  • Judges Need Clear Rules on Family’s Political Activity 17/4-18/1/ 9 (winter-spring 1996)
  • Judicial Campaign Spending Caps held Unconstitutional 20/2-3/10 (summer-fall 1998)
  • May a Judge Sign a Nominating Petition? 23/3/1 (fall 2001)
  • Recent Decisions: Political Statements 27/1/4 (spring 2005)
  • The Resign-to-Run Rule 27/3/1 (fall 2005)
  • Political Activity on Behalf of Measure to Improve the Administration of Justice 27/3/3 (fall 2005)
  • Campaign and Political Activity Developments 28/1/4 (spring 2006)
  • Political Party Caucuses and Primaries/Inaugural Events 30/1/3 (spring 2008)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions -- Campaign and Political Activity (summer 2008)
  • Recent cases: Constitutional challenge 34/1/3 (spring 2012)
  • Inaugural events 38/3/3 (fall 2016)
  • Politicking: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2017 39/4/11 (winter 2018)
  • What they said in 2017 on social media, to reporters, and in campaigns 24 (winter 2018)
  • Resign-to-run rule 40/2/13 (summer 2018)
  • Recent cases: Private, individual, and secret interests 40/3/22 (fall 2019)
  • Recent cases: Courtroom protest 40/3/23 (fall 2019)
  • Political comments 41/4/13 (winter 2020)
  • Recent cases: Election meddling 43/3/22 (fall 2021)

Practice of law

  • Representing family 46/1/2 (spring 2024)
  • Arizona Disciplines Judge for Practicing Law 18/4/7 (winter 1997)
  • Giving Legal Advice to Family Members 21/1/1 (spring 1999)
  • Unauthorized Practice of Law: Recent Decisions 28/3/4 (fall 2006)
  • New Judges: Winding-up a Law Practice 30/3/1 (fall 2008)

Prestige of office

  • Weekends:  Recent cases 45/2/22 (summer 2023)
  • Writing reviews, blurbs, and prefaces 45/2/11 (summer 2023)
  • Anyone but a judge:  Recent cases 45/1/25 (spring 2023)
  • What judges said that abused the prestige of office that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/24 (winter 2023)
  • Misuse of Office 27/1/1 (spring 2005)
  • Letter to parole board: Recent cases 35/2/3 (summer 2013)
  • Reference letter 35/3/8 (fall 2013)
  • Difficult position: Recent cases 38/3/44 (fall 2016)
  • Abuse of the prestige of office: Attempting to obtain a favor 39/3/2 (fall 2017)
  • Former judge’s use of judicial title 39/3/21 (fall 2017)
  • What they said that abused the prestige of office that got them in trouble in 2017 39/4/7 (winter 2018)
  • What they said that abused the prestige of office that got them in trouble in 2019 
    41/4/3 (winter 2020)
  • Recent cases: Letter in support 42/1/18 (spring 2020)
  • Recent cases: "Much more than catching fish" 42/1/21 (spring 2020)
  • Recent cases: Orchestrated release 42/3/21 (fall 2020)
  • Recent cases: Solar opposition 42/3/32 (fall 2020)
  • What they said to law enforcement that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/30 (winter 2021)
  • Judges and Firearms 44/1/2 (spring 2022)
  • Recent cases:  Prestige and partiality 44/1/19 (spring 2022)

Private discipline

  • JCOs Often Rely on Informal and Private Dispositions 17/4-18/1/7 (spring 1996)
  • Decision Offers Guidance on Private Sanctions and Discipline for Legal Error 21/1/1 (spring 1999)
  • Private Sanctions and Informal Dispositions 27/1/3 (spring 2005)
  • Private dispositions of judicial conduct complaints 43/1/13 (spring 2021)

Problem-solving courts

Procedures in judicial discipline cases – specific states

  • Judicial discipline cases involving state supreme court justices 45/1/14 (spring 2023)
  • Times limits on complaints about judicial misconduct 44/3/20 (fall 2022)
  • Anonymous complaints to judicial conduct commissions 44/2/23 (summer 2022)
  • Pennsylvania Adopts New Judicial Discipline System 15/3/7 (fall 1993)
  • Georgia Updates Judicial Conduct Panel’s Rules 16/2/4 (summer 1994)
  • Structural Changes in West Virginia, California, and Nevada 16/3/6 (fall 1994)
  • Arizona Commission Rules of Procedure Amended 17/1/6 (spring 1995)
  • Procedural Changes Adopted in Maryland and Nevada 17/2/5 (summer 1995)
  • Conduct Commissions See Changes in Six States 18/3/1 (fall 1996)
  • Kansas Changes Judicial Discipline Procedures 21/1/5 (spring 1999)
  • Nine States Change Conduct/Discipline Provisions 19/2-3/8 (summer-fall 1997)
  • Controversy and Reform in New Hampshire 23/1/1 (spring 2001)
  • Before and after the bench: Part 1 (pre-bench conduct) 37/2/1 (summer 2015)
  • Interim suspensions pending discipline proceedings or criminal charges 42/3/6 (fall 2020)

Procedures in judicial discipline cases

  • Failure to respond to judicial discipline complaints 46/1/20 (spring 2024)
  • When a High Court Justice is Charged with Misconduct 16/1/ (spring 1994)
  • JCOs Often Rely on Informal and Private Dispositions 17/4-18/1/7 (winter-spring 1996)
  • Removed Judge Seeks Office After Reelection 18/4/1 (winter 1997)
  • Disqualification of Commission Members 20/2-3/1 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Decision Offers Guidance on Private Sanctions and Discipline for Legal Error 21/4/1 (winter 2000)
  • Judicial Conduct Commissions on the World Wide Web 21/1/6 (spring 1999)
  • Anonymous Complaints Accepted by Most Judicial Conduct Organizations 20/2/1 (summer 1998)
  • Disclosure of Voting on Discipline Decisions 21/2/7 (summer 1999)
  • Ethical Guidelines for Commission Member 22/3/1 (fall 2000)
  • The Judicial Ethics Expert Witness 22/4/1 (winter 2000)
  • Fact-finders in State Judicial Discipline Proceedings 23/1/3 (spring 2001)
  • Combination of Functions within Conduct Commissions Held Not to Violate Due Process 23/2/3 (summer 2001)
  • Removal Following Criminal Conviction 24/2/8 (summer 2002)
  • Provisions Regarding Dissents 24/2/8 (summer 2002)
  • The Importance of a Judge's Conduct During Judicial Discipline Proceedings 24/3/1 (fall 2002)
  • Writing Judicial Discipline Decision 25/1/2 (spring 2003)
  • Corrective Action in Judicial Discipline Cases 25/1/4 (spring 2003)
  • Interim Suspension 26/2/1 (summer 2004)
  • Purpose of judicial discipline proceedings 17/4/2 (winter 2006)
  • Authority to Discipline Former Judges 27/4/3 (winter 2006)
  • Judicial Ethics and Discipline on the Internet 28/1/1 (spring 2006)
  • Grounds for Judicial Discipline 29/2/1 (summer 2007)
  • Assessing Complaints About Judicial Conduct 29/3/3 (fall 2007)
  • Discipline of State Supreme Court Justices 30/3/1 (fall 2008)
  • Judicial Conduct Commission Membership 30/3/3 (fall 2008)
  • Statutes of Limitations 31/3/2 (fall 2009)
  • The Judicial Ethics Expert 33/1/1 (spring 2011)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2011 33/4/1 (winter 2012)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (In lieu of discipline) 34/4/7 (winter 2013)
  • Physical or mental examinations in judicial discipline proceedings 36/3/4 (fall 2014)
  • Before and after the bench: Part 1 37/2/1 (summer 2015)
  • Before and after the bench: Part 2 37/3/1 (fall 2015)
  • Ethical guidelines for members of judicial conduct commission 40/1/19 (spring 2018)
  • Continuing jurisdiction over former judges 41/2/2 (summer 2019)
  • Why do judicial conduct commissions dismiss so many complaints? 42/1/12 (spring 2020)
  • Judicial conduct complaint formats 43/3/8 (fall 2021)
  • Establishment and membership of judicial conduct commissions 44/1/9 (spring 2022)
  • Agreed resignations 46/2/11 (summer 2024)

Pro se litigants

  • Judges Receive Guidance on Handling Pro Se Cases 19/1/3 (spring 1997)
  • Magistrate Reprimanded for Not Issuing Protective Order 17/2/1(summer 1995)
  • Conduct Challenges with Pro Se Litigants 27/1/2 (spring 2005)
  • Equal Treatment of Pro Se Litigants 27/3/1 (fall 2005)
  • Pro Se Litigants and Judicial Demeanor 29/2/3 (summer 2007)
  • Treatment of pro se litigant 35/3/3 (fall 2013)
  • Pro se litigants in the code of judicial conduct 36/3/1 (fall 2014)

Removal

Republican Party of Minnesota v. White

  • U.S. Supreme Court Holds "Announce Clause" Unconstitutional 24/2/1 (summer 2002)
  • States' Responses to the Decision 24/2/4 (summer 2002)
  • Developments Following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 26/4/3 (winter 2005)
  • Remand Decision in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 27/2/1 (summer 2005)
  • Campaign and Political Activity Developments 28/1/4 (spring 2006)
  • Campaign Speech Developments 28/2/4 (summer 2006)
  • Developments following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 28/3/3 (fall 2006)
  • Developments Following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 29/1/6 (spring 2007)
  • Developments Following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 29/3/3 (fall 2007)
  • Case-law Following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 31/2/1 (summer 2009)
  • Case-law Following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White 32/3/1 (fall 2010)
  • Recent cases: Constitutional challenge 34/1/3 (spring 2012)

Sanctions

  • State judicial discipline in 2023 45/4/2 (winter 2024)
  • State judicial discipline in 2022 44/4/2 (winter 2023)
  • California Commission Releases Report on Discipline 24/3/2 (fall 2002)
  • Corrective Action in Judicial Discipline Cases 25/2/3 (summer 2003)
  • Fines and Public Sanctions 25/2/3 (summer 2003)
  • Suspensions 27/4/2 (winter 2006)
  • Relevant Factors in Determining the Appropriate Sanction 28/4/2 (winter 2007)
  • Bar Discipline 30/4/8 (winter 2009)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (in lieu of discipline) 34/4/7 (winter 2013)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2012 (California discipline statistics) 34/4/8 (winter 2013)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2015: Harsher penalties 37/4/1 (winter 2016)
  • State judicial discipline in 2020 42/4/5 (winter 2021)
  • State judicial discipline in 2016 38/4/2 (winter 2017)
  • State judicial discipline in 2017 39/4/2 (winter 2018)
  • California Commission mentorship program 40/3/10 (fall 2018)
  • State judicial discipline in 2018 40/4/2 (winter 2019)
  • State judicial discipline in 2019 41/4/2 (winter 2020)
  • Judicial discipline for drunk driving offenses 41/1/2 (spring 2020)
  • State judicial discipline in 2021 43/4/2 (winter 2022)
  • Agreed resignations 46/2/11 (summer 2024)

Settlement

  • AJS Produces Guidelines for Judicial Settlement Ethics 18/2/1 (summer 1996)

Sexual harassment/sexual conduct

  • Recent Cases: Sexual Harassment 16/2/1 (summer 1994)
  • Washington Censures Judges for Romance with Secretary 18/2/7 (summer 1996)
  • Judge Censured for Affair with Court Reporter 18/4/7 (winter 1997)
  • Affair with Assistant Prosecutor: Recent case 23/2/4 (summer 2001)
  • Discipline for Misconduct Arising from Sexual Relationship 23/4/4 (winter 2002)
  • Sexual Harassment: Recent Cases 27/2/1 (summer 2005)
  • Recent cases 33/4/1 (winter 2012)
  • Kissing clerk 35/3/3 (fall 2013)
  • Sexual harassment: Recent cases 36/1/8 (spring 2014)
  • Bar discipline for judicial misconduct: Recent cases 36/2/11 (summer 2014)
  • Sexual activity in the courthouse: Recent cases 36/3/3 (fall 2014)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2014: Sex in chambers 36/4/8 (winter 2015)
  • Blue humor: Recent cases 37/2/11 (summer 2015)
  • Corruption and cooperation in Arkansas: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2016 38/4/11 (winter 2017)
  • Sexual harassment: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2017 39/4/8 (winter 2018)
  • Consensual sexual relationship between judges and court staff 40/3/2 (fall 2018)
  • Pornography at the courthouse 40/3/9 (fall 2018)
  • #MeToo and the judiciary: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2018 40/4/9 (winter 2019)
  • Defining sexual harassment 41/3/9
  • Sexual misconduct 41/4/19 (winter 2020)
  • What judges said that got them in trouble: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories in 2020 42/4/13 (winter 2021)
  • Recent cases: Judicial touching 43/2/22 (summer 2021)
  • "No filter”:  Recent cases  46/2/15 (summer 2024)

Smoking in chambers

  • Judge Sanctioned for Smoking in Chambers 21/3/6 (fall 1999)

Social activity of judges

  • Recent Advisory Opinion: Ordinary Social Hospitality 16/3/7 (fall 1994)
  • Recent Decisions: Halloween Costume 27/1/4 (spring 2005)
  • Recent Decisions: Friendships 27/1/5 (spring 2005)
  • Recent cases: Behavior at holiday party 34/3/3 (fall 2012)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2014: Inappropriate relationships 36/4/8 (winter 2015)
  • Recent cases: Appearance of impropriety 37/1/3 (spring 2015)
  • Holiday gifts and parties 39/3/17 (fall 2017)
  • Recent cases: Celebratory luncheon 43/3/18 (fall 2021)

Social media

  • What they said on social media that got them in trouble in 2023 45/4/9 (winter 2024)
  • What judges said outside the courthouse that got them in trouble in 2022 44/4/18 (winter 2023)
  • Judges and Social Networks 32/1/1 (spring 2010)
  • Judges and social networks 34/3/1 (fall 2012)
  • Recent cases: Variety of misconduct, comments on Facebook 35/1/3-4 (spring 2013)
  • Top judicial ethics stories of 2014: "Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of way" 36/4/1 (winter 2015)
  • Facebook fails: Top judicial ethics stories of 2016 38/4/15 (winter 2017)
  • Social media and judicial ethics: Part 1 (spring 2017)
  • Social media and judicial ethics: Part 2 (summer 2017)
  • Facebook fails: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2017 39/4/22 (winter 2018)
  • What they said in 2017 on social media, to reporters, and in campaigns 24 (winter 2018)
  • Recent cases involving Facebook 40/2/18 (summer 2018)
  • Recent cases: Another Facebook fail 40/3/23 (fall 2018)
  • Facebook fails: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2018 40/4/16 (winter 2019)
  • What they said on social media: What judges said that got them in trouble in 2018 40/4/22 (winter 2019)
  • Disqualification and social media connections 42/2/22 (summer 2020)
  • Judicial campaigns on-line 42/2/6 (summer 2020)
  • What they said on social media that got them in trouble in 2020 42/4/35 (winter 2021)
  • Social media posts by judges on controversial issues 43/1/2 (spring 2021)
  • What judges said on social media that got them in trouble in 2021: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2021 43/4/18 (winter 2022)

Speech and writing

  • Detesting the law:  Recent cases 46/1/19 (spring 2024)
  • Writing reviews, blurbs, and prefaces 45/2/11 (summer 2023)
  • Public comments on cases 45/2/2 (summer 2023)
  • New Jersey Curbs Television Appearance by Judges 18/3/1 (fall 1996)
  • Appropriate Explanations in Pending Cases 19/1/1 (spring 1997)
  • Responding to Criticism about a Pending Case 19/2-3/1 (summer-fall 1997)
  • Supreme Court Justice Allowed to Attend Anti-Abortion Rally 19/4-20/1/5 (winter-spring 1998)
  • Judge Censured for Commenting on Pending Cases/Other Misconduct 20/2-3/8 (summer-fall 1998)
  • Recent Cases: Joking remarks about the outcome or an appeal 22/4/7 (winter 2001)
  • Disqualification Based on Comments to the Media in a Pending Case 23/2/1 (summer 2001)
  • Pending Case, Public Comment, and Course of official defined: Recent case 24/3/3 (fall 2002)
  • Commenting on Pending Cases 25/3/2 (fall 2003)
  • Commenting on Pending Cases: Recent Decisions 26/2/5 (summer 2004)
  • Recent Advisory Opinions -- Teaching 29/3/2 (fall 2007)
  • Speaking to the Appropriate Audience 30/1/1 (spring 2009)
  • Statements at city council meeting: Recent cases 34/2/22 (summer 2012)
  • The judge as author 35/1/1 (spring 2013)
  • Interview about a pending case 39/3/11 (fall 2017)
  • Three interviews about a pending case 39/3/12 (fall 2017)
  • Recent cases: Comment to reporter, discourteous remark in a domestic violence case 40/1/17 (spring 2018)
  • Recent cases: Soliciting speaking engagements 40/3/20 (fall 2018)
  • Recent cases: Project promotion 40/3/21 (fall 2018)
  • Political comments 41/4/13 (winter 2020)
  • Recent cases: Appropriate discourse or personal attack 42/2/16 (summer 2020)

Ticket-fixing

Title

  • Use of Title by Former Judge 17/1/7 (spring 1995)
  • What is Wrong in Calling an Ex-Judge “Judge”? 17/2/2 (summer 1995)

Travel reimbursements

  • Recent Decisions: Travel Reimbursements 16/1/3 (spring 1994)

Use of court resources

  • Personal Use of Court Resources 45/1/2 (spring 2023)
  • Personal Use of Court Resources 26/3/1 (fall 2004)
  • Recent Decisions: Personal Use of Court Staff 31/3/1 (fall 2009)
  • Use of Court Stationery: Recent Decisions 32/3/3 (fall 2010)
  • Personal tasks, religious activities for courts staff 36/1/3 (spring 2014)
  • Indictments and impeachments in West Virginia: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories in 2018 40/4//15 (winter 2019)
  • Recent cases:  No exigent circumstances 44/1/22 (spring 2022)

Weddings

  • Wedding Fees 26/1/2 (spring 2004)
  • Performing Marriage 33/1/3 (spring 2011)
  • Performing same-sex marriages: Top judicial ethics stories of 2015 37/4/9 (winter 2016)
  • Same-sex marriage: Top judicial ethics and discipline stories of 2017 39/4/20 (winter 2018)