Judicial Ethics | Welcome | Part-Time Judges | Business Activities/Outside Employment


Part-time judges are not required to comply with Canon 5(C)(2) which prohibits full-time judges from involving themselves in frequent business transactions with lawyers or persons likely to come before them. Even though part-time judges are permitted to enter into business transactions with lawyers, they must nevertheless be mindful that judicial duties must take precedence over all other responsibilities and therefore, they should not become involved in transactions which would cause them to have to recuse themselves from hearing matters or which would call their impartiality into question. (CJC Canon 3)

 
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