The FBA Northern District of Ohio Chapter invites you to an Ethics CLE - Reforms and Recent Developments in Judicial Ethics on Friday, December 15, 2023 (2.5 Hours Professional Conduct CLE Credit).
Speaker: Professor Jonathan L. Entin, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law at Case Western Reserve University
Carl B. Stokes United States Court House, 801 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH - 7th Floor Auditorium
This CLE will focus on issues of judicial ethics. Professor Entin will discuss his forthcoming article “Judicial Ethics and Judicial Competence,” which focuses on the use of ethics complaints against judges based on their rulings. The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act excludes such ethics complaints, and the piece explores where the exclusion comes from. It focuses on the ethics complaints that were filed against Judge Aileen Cannon after she was appointed a special master to review the documents that federal agents seized from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, an order that the Eleventh Circuit quickly overturned. It also addresses other ways that judges can be held accountable, evaluates a suggestion that the JCDA exclusion can be traced to a highly publicized fugitive-slave case from the 1850s, and examines the use of ethics as an issue in judicial confirmation proceedings when the ethics concerns are a proxy for disagreement with a nominee's rulings.
Professor Entin will also explore other recent developments in judicial ethics and ethics reform such as the Supreme Court’s recently adopted code of ethics, and will explore the debate over whether Congress can legislate with respect to the Justices’ ethics.
AGENDA
1:30 Registration
2:00 Discussion regarding Professor Entin’s article “Judicial Ethics and Judicial Competence”
3:30 Break
3:40 Discussion of recent developments in judicial ethics and reform including the Supreme Court’s Code of Ethics
4:10 Moderated Question and Answer
4:40 End of Program
REGISTRATION
FBA Member: Pre-Registration - FREE, Walk In - $25
Non-Member: Pre-Registration - $75, Walk In - $125
Online registration only and payment must be received at time of registration.
Online Pre-Registration deadline is December 12, 2023.
Please review the cancellation policy found on our website: https://www.fba-ndohio.org/