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Judicial Ethics

Judges Using GenAI? Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Commission Issues AI Guidelines for Judges

The Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Commission published Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines in October 2025. While expressly non-binding, the guidelines illuminate the Louisiana Supreme Court’s expectations and offer practical guidance to …

Discipline / Judicial Ethics / Louisiana Cases

Louisiana Supreme Court Permits Baton Rouge Judge to Remain On Bench Despite Age-Limit Dispute

On January 28, 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court held in a 4-3 split decision that a city judge could remain in office despite exceeding the age limit set by the …

Judicial Ethics

Judicial Recusal From Cases Involving Friends, Acquaintances, and Closer Relations

In September 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal opinion entitled Judges’ Social or Close Personal Relationships with Lawyers or Parties as Grounds for …

Ethics Opinions

ABA Formal Opinion Prohibits Judges from Declining to Perform Same-Sex Marriages

On February 14, 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 485 providing that a judge “may not decline to perform marriages of same-sex couples …

Rule Making

Black is the New Black for Florida Judges

The Supreme Court of Florida on September 10, 2015, adopted on its own motion a new rule governing judges’ attire. The rule is simple: “[d]uring any judicial proceeding, robes worn …

Recent Cases

Judge Disciplined for Jetting to Hunting Ranch With Lawyers

The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Port Allen district judge Robin Free for thirty days for accepting an “all-expenses paid trip on a private jet to a hunting ranch in Texas” from …

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