Judicial Conduct Reporter

The Judicial Conduct Reporter, published quarterly, summarizes recent decisions and advisory opinions, reports developments in judicial discipline, and includes articles on judicial ethics and discipline procedure topics.  The winter issue (the first one in the year) reviews the previous year in judicial ethics and discipline:  reporting on discipline statistics, summarizing all cases in which judges were removed, and reviewing the top stories.

Most recent issue

Winter 2025

• State judicial discipline in 2024
  In 2024 there were approximately 131 public dispositions in state judicial discipline proceedings or similar matters, including removals, resignations in lieu of discipline, suspensions without pay, censures, reprimands, and admonitions.
• Removal cases in 2024
  This article summarizes the judicial discipline cases that resulted in the removal of 10 judges from office in 2024.
• Personal criminal justice agenda
  In several cases in 2024, judges were sanctioned for statements regarding criminal justice or rulings in criminal cases that demonstrated a bias or the appearance of bias in favor of the prosecution or the defense and reflected
  an intent to follow their personal views rather than the law.
• Online complaints
  In 2016 five judicial conduct commissions allowed complaints to be filed through online portals or by email. By the end of 2024 complaints could be filed electronically in 30 states.
• What judges said that got them in trouble in 2024
  • What judges said on social media
  • What judges said to or about other judges and court staff
  • What judges said to women
  • What judges said in criminal cases
  • What judges said in family law and small claims cases
  • What judges said outside the courthouse

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