Read the witness statements on proposed changes to the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and the Judicial Conduct and Disability Rules.
The committees on Codes of Conduct and Judicial Conduct and Disability held a public hearing on the proposed changes to the Code and JC&D Rules on October 30, 2018. Review the witness list (pdf).
Below are the witness statements and supplemental statements.
- The Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (pdf)
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Charles Gardner Geyh, John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law (pdf)
- Supplemental Statement (pdf)
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Arthur D. Hellman, Professor of Law Emeritus, Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (pdf)
- Supplemental Statement (pdf)
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Renee Newman Knake, Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics & Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center (pdf)
- Supplemental Statement (pdf)
- Carol A. Needham, Emanuel Myers Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law (pdf)
- Kendall Turner & Jaime Santos, Law Clerks for Workplace Accountability (pdf)
- Andy DeGuglielmo, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Rita Gilles, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Lisa Hansmann, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Chandini Jha, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Alyssa Peterson, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Serena Walker, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Megan Yan, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
- Charles Fournier, JD, Type 1 Diabetes Defense Foundation (pdf)
- Jan B. Hamilton, Public Witness (pdf)
- Paul Horvitz, Public Witness (pdf)
- Cyrus Sanai, Public Witness (pdf)