Constitutional Law Seminar: Judicial Ethics and Decision Making LAW 648I

Course Number: LAW 648I

Course Credits: 2

This seminar will focus on the ethical issues confronted by a Judge in rendering judicial decisions. An examination of the judicial decision making process will be made from the perspective of a retired Justice of the Appellate Division Second Department, who presently serves on the New York State Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. The retired justice will share the non-public view of 20 years of judicial decision making. Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions and the Rules and Regulations governing judicial ethics and related case law will be analyzed as well as articles authored by former and present Supreme Court Justices collected in the book “Judges on Judging, Views From the Bench” and the book “A Judge’s Advice, 50 Years on the Bench” written by a Senior United States Circuit Court Judge.