A public hearing on the proposed changes to the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and the Judicial Conduct and Disability Rules was held on Oct. 30, 2018.

The daylong public hearing was conducted by the Judicial Conference’s committees on Codes of Conduct and Judicial Conduct and Disability, at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, in Washington, D.C.

Skip ahead to witness testimony:
00:11:58 - Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
00:34:34 - Charles Gardner Geyh, John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
00:52:42 - Arthur D. Hellman, Professor of Law Emeritus, Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
01:44:15 - Renee Newman Knake, Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics & Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
02:09:25 - Carol A. Needham, Emanuel Myers Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
02:31:33 - Jaime Santos and Kendall Turner, Law Clerks for Workplace Accountability
04:00:42 - Chief Judge Julie A. Robinson, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
04:19:43 - Cyrus Sanai, Public Witness
04:28:18 - Andy DeGuglielmo, Rita Gilles, Lisa Hansmann, and Chandini Jha, Yale Law School students
04:56:14 - Alyssa Peterson, Serena Walker, and Megan Yan, Yale Law School students
05:10:52 - Charles Fournier, JD, Type 1 Diabetes Defense Foundation
05:16:45 - Jan B. Hamilton, Public Witness
05:24:24 - Paul Horvitz, Public Witness

The committees will accept public comments submitted by email until Nov. 13, 2018. Learn more about the proposed changes: https://go.usa.gov/xPPeS

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