State Resources

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State Judicial Ethics Resources

A compilation of links to information about the organizations that investigate allegations of judicial misconduct by state and federal judges.

AJS Links to Federal Judicial Conduct Organizations

Includes a description of the process for filing complaints about misconduct by federal judges.

Alabama

Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics

Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission Advisory Opinions

Alabama Court of the Judiciary

Alaska

Alaska Code of Judicial Conduct

Alaska Formal Judicial Ethics Opinions

Alaska Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct

Arizona

Revised Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct, effective 9/1/09

Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct

Arizona Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct

Arkansas

Revised Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct, effective 7/1/09

Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct

Arkansas Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Ethics Opinions

California

California Code of Judicial Ethics

California Policy Declarations of the Commission on Judicial Reform

Colorado

Colorado statute re: Administrative Law Judges

Colorado Code of Judicial Conduct

Colorado Judicial Discipline Commission

Connecticut

Connecticut Practice Book

Connecticut Committee on Judicial Ethics

Delaware

Delaware Judges' Code of Judicial Conduct

Delaware Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Advisory Ethics Opinions

District of Columbia

Code of Judicial Conduct for the District of Columbia

Florida

Florida Code of Judicial Conduct

Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission

Georgia

Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct

Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission Ethics Opinions

Georgia Judicial District Professionalism Program

Hawaii

Hawaii Code of Judicial Conduct

Idaho

Idaho Code of Judicial Conduct

Idaho Judicial Council

Illinois

Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct

Illinois Judicial Ethics Opinions

Indiana

Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct

Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

Iowa

Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct

Kansas

Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct

Kansas Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications

Kentucky

Kentucky Code of Judicial Conduct

Kentucky Bar Association Judicial Ethics Opinions (JE-103 JE-104 JE-105 only)

Louisiana

Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct

Judiciary Commission of Louisiana

Maine

Maine Code of Judicial Ethics

Maryland

Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee Ethics Opinions

Maryland Judicial Disabilities Commission

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Code of Judicial Conduct

Massachusetts Judicial Ethics Opinions

Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct

Michigan

Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct

Opinions Interpreting Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct

Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Advisory Opinions

Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission

Minnesota

Revised Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct, effective 7/1/09

Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct

Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards

Mississippi

Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance

Missouri

Missouri Standards of Conduct for Judges and Attorneys

Montana

Montana Code of Judicial Conduct

Nebraska

Nebraska Code of Judicial Conduct

Nebraska Judicial Ethics Committee Ethics Opinions

Nevada

Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct

Nevada Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices Ethics Opinions

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Code of Judicial Conduct

New Hampshire Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

New Jersey

New Jersey Code of Judicial Conduct

New Mexico

New Mexico Code of Judicial Conduct

New Mexico Judicial Conduct Advisory Opinions

New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission

New York

New York Code of Judicial Conduct

Association of the Bar of the City of NY Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics--Ethics Opinions

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct--Decisions

North Carolina

North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct

North Dakota

North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct

Ohio

Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Code of Judicial Conduct (see Appendix 4)

Oklahoma Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel Ethics Opinions

Oregon

Oregon Code of Judicial Conduct

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Conduct

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts - As Pennsylvania Goes, So Goes the Nation: A Case Study of a Supreme Court Election in the Post-White Era

Digests of Decisions of the PA Court of Judicial Discipline

Judicial Ethics Committee of the PA Conference of State Trial Judges--Formal Opinions

Judicial Ethics Committee of the PA Conference of State Trial Judges--Digests of Informal Opinions

Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Code of Judicial Conduct

South Carolina

South Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct (see V. Rules Governing the Judiciary)

South Carolina Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct Ethics Advisory Opinions

South Dakota

South Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct

Tennessee

Tennessee Code of Judicial Conduct

Tennessee Judicial Ethics Opinions

Texas

Texas Code of Judicial Conduct

Texas Judicial Ethics Opinions

Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Utah

Utah Code of Judicial Conduct

Utah Code of Judicial Conduct Annotated

Utah Judicial Ethics Opinions

Utah Judicial Decisions

Vermont

Vermont Judicial Ethics Committee—Advisory Opinions

Vermont Judicial Conduct Board

Virginia

Virginia Canons of Judicial Conduct

Virginia Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee—Opinions

Washington

Washington Code of Judicial Conduct

Washington Judicial Ethics Opinions

West Virginia

West Virginia Code of Judicial Conduct

WV Judicial Investigation Commission--Index and Synopses of Advisory Opinions and Admonishments

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct

Wisconsin Judicial Ethics Opinions

Wisconsin Judicial Commission—Reported Judicial Disciplinary Public Cases

Wyoming

Wyoming Code of Judicial Conduct