JUDICIAL ETHICS AND REGULATION

Judicial Codes and Rules

Judicial Code Revision Project

The ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct brought its recommendation to amend the Code to the House of Delegates in February 2007. Their site tracks the history of the Commission's proposal and includes the comments that have been received during the process.

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NEW: Hearing on Proposed Judicial Code & Model Rules Amendments re: Judicial Disqualification

On Friday, February 3, 2012, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline will hold a public hearing from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Napoleon Ballroom C3, 3rd Floor.

Schedule of Speakers & Written Testimony

 

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Featured Publications

ABA BEST SELLER LIST
Model Code of Judicial Conduct
(2011 Edition) 

The Model Code of Judicial Conduct is intended to establish standards for ethical conduct of judges, provide guidance to judges and candidates for judicial office and provide structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies. Read More

 

Annotated Model Code of Judicial Conduct
(2nd Edition) 

An essential resource on judicial ethics
This revised and updated publication from the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility presents an authoritative and practical analysis of the judicial ethics rules and the cases, ethics opinions, and other legal authorities essential to understanding them. Read More
 

Reporters' Notes to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct
(January 2009)

This is an inside look at the analysis and decisions that were made by the Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct in framing its revisions to the text of the Model Code of Judicial Conduct-- for legal scholars interested in the thinking behind language changes made to the Model Code in 2007.

ABA BEST SELLER LIST
Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Sixth Edition (August 2007)

The Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct is the ABA's definitive single-volume resource for information about lawyer ethics. This new edition incorporates all of the amendments the ABA made to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct through 2007, including changes to the rules on confidentiality, on prospective clients, on corporations as clients, on limited-scope representation agreements, on multijurisdictional practice, and on the lawyer's duties when confronted by a client's criminal or fraudulent activities.

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