Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
California Supreme Court
Jan. 5, 2022
Mentor judges should not hear cases of mentees, ethics panel says
The Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said a mentor judge could become personally invested in a mentee’s success “to the point where the judicial officer substantially doubts his or her own capacity to be impartial,” and thus should disqualify themselves from hearing matters involving their mentee.
Judges acting as mentors in the California Judicial Mentor Program should be disqualified from cases involving mentee attorneys to avoid the appearance of impartiality, the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said Tuesday.
The statewide program, launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom in July, pairs trial and appellate court judges with attorneys seeking judgeships with the added goal of increasing judicial diversity. The ...
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