Law Clerk Code of Conduct Table of Contents
A. Political Conduct in General.
(1) A law clerk should not:
(a) act as a leader or hold any office in a political organization;
(b) make speeches for a political organization or candidate or publicly endorse a candidate for public office;
(c) solicit funds for or pay an assessment or make a contribution to a political organization or candidate, attend political gatherings, or purchase tickets for political party dinners, or other functions.
(2) A law clerk should resign his office when he becomes a candidate either in a party primary or in a general election for a non-judicial office, except that he may continue to hold his office while being a candidate for election to or serving as a delegate in a State constitutional convention, if he is otherwise permitted to do so.
(3) A law clerk should not engage in any other political activity except on behalf of measures to improve the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice.