ABA Ethics Opinions
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ABA releases new formal ethics opinion
The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released Formal Opinion 488 on judges’ social or close personal relationships with lawyers or parties as grounds for disqualification or disclosure. -
ABA posts formal ethics opinion on same sex marriages
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has approved Formal Opinion 485: Judges Performing Same Sex Marriages, regarding judges’ obligations to marry same-sex couples.