Model Code of Judicial Conduct Filed with ABA House of Delegates

The Commission has filed its final Report with Recommendations to the ABA House of Delegates for consideration at the Association's Midyear Meeting in Miami in February 2007. A list summarizing changes since October and a correlation table, matching proposed new code provisions with their equivalents in the existing code, also are available. More »

ABA Commission Releases Proposals to Revise Model Judicial Code to Guide Judges' Conduct, Assure Public Accountability

An independent, impartial judiciary is indispensable to the system of justice that has prevailed in the United States for more than 200 years. The ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct released its final report Oct. 31, proposing revisions to the code premised on adherence to judicial independence, integrity and impartiality as indispensable to preserving public trust in our judiciary and confidence in our legal system. The revision is intended to clarify and update guidance on conduct for judges and to assure the public that effective standards exist to regulate that conduct. The proposed new code will be presented to the ABA House of Delegates for consideration at the February 2007 ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami. More »