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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 15, 2007

ABA Settles Dust-Up Over Judges Code

SAN FRANCISCO - After protests and a last-minute wording change, the American Bar Association's policymaking body has approved a new model code of conduct for judges, one of a number of proposals adopted at the group's midyear meeting.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - After protests and a last-minute wording change, the American Bar Association's policy-making body has approved a new model code of conduct for judges, one of a number of proposals adopted at the group's midyear meeting.
      The reworking of the ABA's Model Code of Judicial Conduct, begun three years ago, addresses judges' political...

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