The Center for Judicial Ethics is a clearinghouse for information about judicial ethics and discipline.
The CJE provides research support for the conduct commissions that investigate complaints of judicial misconduct and tracks opinions issued by ethics advisory committees. Each year, the CJE responds to hundreds of requests for information from reporters, judges, lawyers, and others. The CJE publishes the Judicial Conduct Reporter and other resources on judicial ethics. Every two years, the CJE presents the National College on Judicial Conduct and Ethics. As a private organization, the CJE does not have the authority to discipline or investigate judges. The CJE became part of the NCSC in 2014, following the dissolution of the American Judicature Society.
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Most-Requested Center Resources
When confidentiality ceases in judicial discipline proceedings
Composition of state judicial conduct commissions
Available sanctions in judicial discipline proceedings
Social media and judicial ethics: Part 1
Social media and judicial ethics: Part 2
Social media and judicial ethics update Updated January 2020
Judicial disqualification based on campaign contributions Updated November 2016
Case-law following Republican Party of Minnesota v. White Updated July 2018
Self-represented litigants and the code of judicial conduct Up-dated May 2019
So You're Going to be a Judge: Ethical Issues for New Judges (2016)
Table of judicial ethics advisory committees
Other Resources
Clicking “Send”: Possible Consequences of Judicial E-mails by Keith R. Fisher
Searches of Electronic Devices: Recent Developments and Judges’ Ethical Responsibilities by Keith R. Fisher
New ABA Ethics Opinion Explores the Prohibition on Independent Fact Research by Judges by Keith R. Fisher
Trends: Close Up - The Ethics of Search Engines and Judging
Federal judicial conduct
American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct
Judicial Ethics Forum An academic discussion of judicial ethics, discipline, and disqualification
Judicial Disqualification Resource Center
Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct