Judicial Ethics, Part I
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2009-11-18

Federal Judicial Center. Judicial Ethics, Part I: An Overview of Ethical Rules in the Federal Judicial System and the Role of the Codes of Conduct Committee. Judge A. Raymond Randolph (D.C. Cir.), chair of the Judicial Conference Codes of Conduct Committee, provides opening and closing remarks for a lecture by Judge Walter K. Stapleton (2d Cir.), former chair of the committee. Judge Stapleton explains the Codes of Conduct, various statutory proscriptions, and disclosure requirements. He also discusses the work of the committee and outlines procedures judges should follow when confronted with ethical problems. For use in the orientation of judges.