Judge rules

Question 1

A judge may not personally solicit contributions except:

Answer 1

From his family or from other judges that he has neither supervisory or appellate authority over.

Question 2

A full-time judge may not:

Answer 2

Practice law

Except:
He may, without compensation, give legal advice to, and draft and review documents for, a member of the judge’s family.

Question 3

Judge must report the following types of gifts:

Answer 3

(1) gifts incident to a public testimonial;
(2) invitations to the judge and the judge’s spouse, domestic partner, or guest to attend without charge:
(a) an event associated with a bar-related function or other activity relating to the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice; or
(b) an event associated with any of the judge’s educational, religious, charitable, fraternal or civic activities permitted by this Code, if the same invitation is offered to nonjudges who are engaged in similar ways in the activity as is the judge; and
(3) gifts, loans, bequests, benefits, or other things of value, if the source is a party or other person, including a lawyer, who has come or is likely to come before the judge, or whose interests have come or are likely to come before the judge.