Ethics Proposals Would Require Law Firms to Report Lawyers’ Judicial Campaign Contributions
Fair Courts E-lert
Bibliographic Info:
Author: Debra Cassens Weiss
Source: ABA Journal
Date: February 3, 2012
At the American Bar Association midyear meeting last Friday, the Standing Committee on
Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the Standing Committee on Professional Discipline sponsored a hearing to discuss proposed amendments to the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct. Last summer, the ABA House of Delegates approved a judicial disqualification resolution urging states to establish clear procedures for dealing with judicial disqualification and calling for greater transparency of campaign spending in judicial races. Proposed amendments to the Model Code discussed at last week’s public hearing focused on responding to conflicts of interest that can arise because of spending in elected judges’ election campaigns.