Chapter II - AVOIDANCE OF ACTUAL IMPROPRIETY AND APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY

As amended through June 10, 2024
Chapter II - AVOIDANCE OF ACTUAL IMPROPRIETY AND APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY
A. An Administrative Law Judge shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities.
B. An Administrative Law Judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the administrative judiciary.
C. An Administrative Law Judge shall not allow family, social, political or other relationships to influence judicial conduct or judgment.
D. An Administrative Law Judge shall not lend the prestige of the office to advance the private interests of the Administrative Law Judge or others, nor convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position of influence.
E. An Administrative Law Judge shall not testify voluntarily as a character witness.
F. An Administrative Law Judge shall not hold membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or other basis prohibited by applicable law.