Isn't there something in the Code of Conduct about running for the local school board? What can we give to new employees who ask about ethical guidelines? The chief deputy clerk wants to know whether she can take an outside job; where should she look?
Judges and court employees ask questions like these every day. The answers to these questions, and much more, are in the Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, VolumeÿII, ChapterÿI (judges' code) and ChapterÿII (employees' code), but to make it easier for Judiciary employees to find the information, the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct has prepared two pamphlets, the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees and the Code of Conduct for Federal Public Defenders. These two codes apply to almost all judicial employees. Copies of the pamphlets will be distributed to all judicial offices, including all chief judges and court unit heads. Another pamphlet, the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, will be distributed to all federal judges.
The pamphlets should begin arriving in court offices in December. More copies may be ordered from the Administrative Office Printing and Distribution Facility, 8034 Cryden Way, Forestville, Maryland 20747. Fax: (301) 763-4497.
These materials also are available on-line in a Westlaw database. To access the database, you must have a Judiciary-provided Westlaw password. Log on using your Judiciary-provided Westlaw password and then enter the database file name, which is CONDUCT. (This file name does not appear on the Westlaw menu because the file is not accessible by persons outside the Judiciary.) Once you've entered the database file, use the Westlaw search mechanisms.