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Title 5A - ATTORNEYS AND STATE BAR APPENDIX
Appendix 4 - CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT
Rule 3.9 - Service as Arbitrator or Mediator

Okla. Stat. tit. 5A , app 4 R. 3.9

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Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Rule 3.9 - Service as Arbitrator or Mediator

A judge shall not act as an arbitrator or a mediator or perform other judicial functions apart from the judge's official duties unless expressly authorized by law.

Okla. Stat. tit. 5A , app 4 R. 3.9

Approved by order of the Supreme Court, 2010 OK 90, effective 4/15/2011.

COMMENT

[1] This Rule does not prohibit a judge from participating in arbitration, mediation, or settlement conferences performed as part of assigned judicial duties. Rendering dispute resolution services apart from those duties, whether or not for economic gain, is prohibited unless it is expressly authorized by law.