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Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
California Supreme Court

Oct. 11, 2018

New ethics rules for judges unveiled

The California Supreme Court announced Wednesday it has updated the Code of Judicial Ethics with rules about gifts, social media, gender identity and elections.

The state Supreme Court has updated the Code of Judicial Ethics [see Judicial Ethics attachment] with rules about gifts, social media, gender identity and elections.

The revisions were announced Wednesday as the agency tasked with enforcing these rules, the Commission on Judicial Performance, faces its first audit -- and in the wake of the first successful judicial recall campaign in California in decades.

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