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Advisory Opinions
These advisory opinions have been issued by the Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct. Rule 503(D), SCACR, provides the following regarding these opinions: "All opinions shall be advisory in nature only. No opinion shall bind the Commission on Judicial Conduct in any proceeding properly before that body. However, in the discretion of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, an opinion of the Committee may be considered as evidence of a good faith effort to comply with the Code of Judicial Conduct."


 

06-2008 The propriety of a part-time municipal judge participating as a member of a parents’ group to express certain concerns to the school district.

05-2008 Propriety of a family court judge serving on the advisory board of a bank.

04-2008 Propriety of a full-time magistrate serving as pastor of a church.

03-2008 Propriety of a circuit court judge employing the judge’s nephew as a law clerk.

02-2008 Propriety of a judge reviewing a transcript from another court to determine if witness committed perjury before the judge.

01-2008 Propriety of a part-time municipal court judge also serving as a part-time municipal judge for another city, and continuing representation of the County in private practice.