ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
OPINION NO. 88-1



QUESTION

     May a full time district court commissioner counsel and represent
outside private clients, so long as the commissioner does so outside of
court working hours and does not represent them in the district court in
which the commissioner has been appointed to serve?


ANSWER

     A full-time court commissioner may not engage in the practice of law.
(CJC Preamble 1, CJC Canon 5(F).)