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Code of Conduct for Federal Public Defender Employees

This is the Code of Conduct for Federal Public Defender Employees. The judiciary has several codes of conduct, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States, that serve as primary sources of ethical guidance for judges, judicial employees, and federal public defender employees.   

Code of Conduct for Federal Public Defender Employees (PDF) (Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 2A, Ch. 4)

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