Ethics

 The Ethics Across the Profession Initiative at University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law (directed by Paul Paton) is presenting a symposium entitled Judicial Ethics and Accountability:  At Home and Abroad.  The symposium will consider the following themes:

What does it mean to be an ethical judge? How can judges preserve independence yet remain accountable? After a year in which a new Justice was confirmed to the Supreme Court, a Supreme Court decision offered the potential to transform judicial elections across the country, sanctions were considered for judges because of their internet postings and activities, and politicians in California blamed the judiciary for the cost of government business, this Symposium will consider issues of ethics, accountability and independence for the judiciary in America and internationally. Domestic experts will be joined by members of the judiciary and international tribunals for a wide-ranging and timely set of discussions of pressing issues, reflecting on recent events and charting the way forward.

Panels will address these subjects, among others:

Confirmed speakers include scholars, lawyers, and judges from the U.S. and abroad.