Ability to Pay Hearings: A Primer for Judges
Marches and Demonstrations: Judges and Courts Staff
Ex Parte Communications
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QUARTERLY Judicial Conduct Reporter
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Cynthia Gray (703) 841-6914
Tina Vagenas (703) 841-5618
The Center for Judicial Ethics
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, publishes educational materials for judges, and tracks opinions issued by ethics advisory committees. The CJE publishes the Judicial Conduct Reporter and other resources on judicial ethics, including a blog with new posts every Tuesday and Throwback Thursdays. Each year, the CJE responds to hundreds of requests for information from judges, court systems, reporters, and others. 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.
Click here to browse our offerings:
The Year in Review: Top 2020 Stories in Judicial Ethics and Discipline
Watch Cindy Gray deliver the below presentation on the top stories in judicial ethics and discipline from 2020.
Tops Stories of 2020: Judicial Ethics and Discipline - Accompanying Materials
CourtClass Tutorials
Watch the latest Center for Judicial Ethics CourtClass tutorial on the law and practice of conducting ability to pay hearings in connection with court-ordered financial obligations available below. In approximately 35 minutes, the online presentation covers the essential constitutional, ethical, and practical aspects of such hearings.
CourtClass: Ability to Pay Hearings - A Primer for Judicial Officers
CourtClass: Ability to Pay Hearings - Accompanying Materials
For additional tutorials from the CourtClass series click here.
2021 Ethics Awareness Month Weekly Tips
Review the weekly tips from 2021 Ethics Awareness Month here:
Most Requested CJE 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 December 2021
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
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
So You're Going to be a Judge: Ethical Issues for New Judges by Cindy Gray, Court Review, Volume 52, issue 2
Ethical Judicial Culture by Cynthia Gray, Court Review, Volume 56, issues 3-4
Relationship Advice by Cynthia Gray, Court Review, Volume 56, issue 2
Helping Judges Look Before They Leap: Judicial Ethics Advisory Committees by Cynthia Gray, Court Review, Volume 54, issue 4
Appropriate Action by Cynthia Gray, Court Review, Volume 54, issue 2
Links to Other Organizations
State judicial conduct organizations
Judicial ethics advisory committees
American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct
United States Courts Ethics Policies
Ability to Pay Hearings: A Primer for Judges
Marches and Demonstrations: Judges and Courts Staff
Ex Parte Communications
CONFERENCE
National College on Judicial
Conduct and Ethics
BLOG
Judicial Ethics and Discipline
is updated every Tuesday.
QUARTERLY Judicial Conduct Reporter
CONTACT US
Cynthia Gray (703) 841-6914
Tina Vagenas (703) 841-5618