STATE OF WASHINGTON
ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OPINION NO. 93-5

Question
     May a judicial officer appear as a model at a department store fashion
show where some of the admission proceeds will be donated to charity?

Answer
     CJC Canon 5(B)(2) provides that judicial officers should not solicit
funds for any educational, religious, charitable, fraternal or civic
organization.  A judicial officer may not appear as a model at a fashion
show where some of the admission proceeds will be donated to charity
because that activity is soliciting funds for an organization which is
prohibited by CJC Canon 5(B)(2).