Are administrative law judges governed by the code?
In the application section of the current draft, which we promulgated near the end of June, we acknowledge that administrative law judges are commonly officers of the executive rather than the judicial branch of government, and therefore each adopting jurisdiction will have to consider the characteristics of particular administrative law judge positions in adopting, adapting or applying the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. Back to top Q: Can you tell me about your timeline — when and how you approached this project and what you foresee down the road? The commission had its first organizational meeting in August of 2003 in San Francisco. We have met a couple of dozen times at least either in person or by phone since then. The overarching concern has been to make this a transparent process, to solicit as much feedback from interested groups and individuals and input from knowledgeable people as possible. We’ve had eight or nine public hearings to receive comment on
