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Article: Judges should not be involved in raising funds for legal aid.
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- Florida Bar News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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A judge may not write a letter asking lawyers in her community to provide pro bono through a legal aid organization or to donate $350 in lieu of service, because the request constitutes a prohibited fundraising activity, according to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.
The panel also said while it is not a violation of the code for a judge's staff to accept gifts from lawyers and others who appear before the court, judges should discourage the practice.
In other action, the ethics panel also held a judge cannot publish an article that makes conclusions as to the constitutionality of legislation; a judge is not bound to use a detailed fax transmittal ...