Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 2, 2016
Political fundraising ethics for judges and judicial candidates
Just in time for election season, the California Supreme Court's Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinion has adopted a formal ethics advisory opinion giving guidance to judges and judicial candidates.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Wendy Chang
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Loyola Law School, 1995
Wendy is based in the firm's Los Angeles office. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She served as an advisor to the State Bar of California's Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct and is a past chair of the State Bar of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Wendy is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization.
Just in time for election season, the California Supreme Court's Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinion (CJEO) has adopted a formal ethics advisory opinion giving guidance to judges and judicial candidates to assist then in determining what activities they may engage in at political fundraising or endorsement events.
CJEO opinion 2016-008 begins with an overview of Canon 5 of the California Code of Judicial Ethics. (All references to canons herein are to the California Code of Judicial...
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