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• No "Friends" For Judges
  • via Legal Profession Blog
  • The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee opines on ethical issues relating to judges' use of on line social networking sites. A summary of the opinion from the committee: Whether a judge may post comments and other material on the judge's...
• South Carolina Opines On Judges And Facebook
  • via Legal Profession Blog
  • From the South Carolina Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct: FACTS A magistrate judge has inquired as to the propriety of being a member of Facebook, a social networking site. The Magistrate is friends with several law enforcem…
• Another State Opines on Judges and Facebook
  • via Legal Blog Watch
  • Last week, Legal Profession Blog reported on a Nov. 17 opinion of the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee concluding that judges may not "friend" lawyers who may appear before them on social networking sites such as Facebook. Now, Legal…
• Judges Shouldnt Friend Lawyers Who Appear Before Them, Opinion Says
  • via ABA Journal Top Stories
  • A Florida ethics opinion says judges may post comments and other materials on social networking sites, but they shouldnt friend lawyers who may appear before them. In a Nov. 17 opinion, the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says the p…
• Judicial ethics and Facebook
  • via South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog
  • Last month Florida issued an ethics advisory opinion stating that it would be an ethics violation for a judge to "friend" an attorney on Facebook, as it would create an appearance of impropriety (but the opinion allows that an attorney...
• Florida: Judges Cannot be Facebook Friends with Litigants
  • via Social Media Law Student
  • Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee responded to a few questions from one Florida judge about the use of social networking sites. The Committee found that judges cannot accept friend requests from litigants in their court. They…
• Are You A Judge's "Friend?" Keep It Off Facebook
  • via My Law License
  • The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issued this opinion regarding judges on Facebook.The opinion: Judges may not add lawyers who may appear before the judge as "friends" on a social networking site, and permit such lawyers to add th…
• Why You Shouldnt Take it Hard If a Judge Rejects Your Friend Request
  • via WSJ.com: Law Blog
  • Late last month, the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issued an advisory opinion on the use of social networking sites by Florida judges. The committee prohibited judges from "friending" lawyers who appear before them.
• Add Judges To The List of Professionals Who Must Take Care In Using Facebook
  • via Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog
  • Professor Lisa Mazzie posted a blog entry back in September about the use of Facebook and other social networking websites by lawyers. The post shed light on the trouble an attorney can face when the substance of his or her webpage falls short…
• Should you friend your judge on Facebook?
  • via KCLL Klues: Washington State Legal Research
  • The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issued an opinion last month stating that it wouldviolate the Code of Judicial Conduct for a judge to “add lawyers who may appear before the judge as ‘friends’ on a social networ…
• Florida judges may have fewer lawyer “friends”
  • via A Progressive on the Prairie
  • Social media is making its presence felt in many aspects of life. In Florida, that includes the state judiciary. The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee last month issued an opinion on the use of social media, such as Facebook and Twit…