Days & Times
11 a.m. Pacific
Course Location
Online
Recognizing and Applying Core Principles of Judicial Ethics: Outlining a judge’s core obligations to act in a manner that promotes public confidence and avoids the appearance of impropriety; Avoiding ex parte Communications: Defining and explaining the prohibition of ex parte communications. Noting the rationale behind allowing ex parte hearings and motions under Ake; Limiting Judicial Speech and Conduct: Relating and explaining the rationale behind speech and conduct rules and studies that indicate how such speech and conduct influence the public’s perception of and respect for the judiciary; Applying Disqualification Standards: Explaining the rationale and appropriateness of the appearance of impropriety standard.
During this course, you will learn to:
- Embrace the core principles of judicial ethics;
- Monitor judicial speech and conduct consistent with constitutional requirements and ethical standards; and
- Apply the standards for judicial disqualification when disqualification issues are raised.
This is part of our FREE webinar series covering different aspects of Handling Capital Cases. The Webinar series is generously funded by a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Recognizing and Applying Core Principles of Judicial Ethics: Outlining a judge’s core obligations to act in a manner that promotes public confidence and avoids the appearance of impropriety; Avoiding ex parte Communications: Defining and explaining the prohibition of ex parte communications. Noting the rationale behind allowing ex parte hearings and motions under Ake; Limiting Judicial Speech and Conduct: Relating and explaining the rationale behind speech and conduct rules and studies that indicate how such speech and conduct influence the public’s perception of and respect for the judiciary; Applying Disqualification Standards: Explaining the rationale and appropriateness of the appearance of impropriety standard.