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Alabama: Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics Canon III a 4 "A judge shall accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person's lawyer, the right to be heard according to law" [2] Alaska: Stat § 22.20.040 (1996) "An action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended by a party in person or by an attorney..." [1] Arizona
She has also served as a member of Alabama's Juvenile Code Revision Committee, the Judicial System Legislative Coordinating Council, the Standing Committee on Juvenile Procedure, and the Standing Committee on Rules of Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics. [2]
At the suggestion of Thomas Goode Jones of Montgomery, at the annual meeting in 1881, a committee was created and charged with the responsibility of adopting a code of legal ethics for the bar, the first code of legal ethics in the country. The Alabama Code of Ethics was adopted by the bar at its annual meeting in 1887 and was the foundation of ...
Probate Judge Randy Jinks has mostly denied the allegations by employees. The case spotlights how Alabama handles ethics complaints against judges.
Probate judges in cities and towns are also bound by the canons of judicial conduct under state law. State law requires that any judge indicted on a felony charge be prohibited from performing ...
According to the Code's Preface, it was derived from the ABA's Canons of Professional Ethics (1908), which in turn were borrowed from the Canons of the Alabama State Bar (1887), which in turn were inspired by several sources such as ethics resolutions in an 1830s legal textbook.
To remove from office, suspend without pay, or censure a judge, or apply such other sanction as may be prescribed by law, for violation of a Canon of Judicial Ethics, misconduct in office, failure to perform his or her duties, or; To suspend with or without pay, or to retire a judge who is physically or mentally unable to perform his duties. [11]
[26] [27] The Canons drew heavily from the Alabama State Bar Association's 1887 Code of Ethics. [28] At the time, the Committee suggested "that the subject of professional ethics be taught in all law schools, and that all candidates for admission to the Bar be examined thereon."