Ethics advisory - Local Open Government Blog http://www.localopengovernment.com/articles/public-records/ en-us Copyright 2011 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:12 -0800 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:33:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss State Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Allows Judges to Blog In a recent Ethics Opinion, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee authorized blogging by judges. The Ethics Opinion advises, however, that any judge that engages in blogging should consider posting a disclaimer that the opinions expressed are only those of the author and should not be imputed to other judges and should outline constraints that the judge is subject to in order to avoid ex parte communication. 

See our October 23, 2009 blog entry regarding the City of Federal Way v. Koenig case for information regarding the applicability of the Public Records Act to the judiciary. 

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