Law Related Activities

Law Related Activities – Taking Public Positions – Lesson Preview

CJC Canon 4(C) provides in part that judges may make recommendations to public and private fund granting agencies and programs concerning the law, the legal system and the administration of justice.
A judge may not serve on any committee that will be raising funds unless the judge can be totally isolated from those fundraising activities.
(CJC Canon 4(A)) (CJC Canon 7(A)(5)) (Opinion 98-5) (Opinion 91-20)