Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 2, 2012
Judges can ask lawyers to help their court, statewide ethics committee opines
But the committee established some limits. Judges shouldn't ask attorneys to help alleviate a court's budget woes in "whatever way they believe is appropriate," the draft advisory opinion said.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Judges can ask attorneys to meet with legislators in an effort to secure more money for the judiciary, but they cannot ask attorneys to help alleviate a court's budget woes however lawyers see fit, according to a draft opinion issued Wednesday by a statewide judicial ethics committee.
The opinion is the first formal one issued by the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinion, w...
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