Among the prominent national organizations that address the subject of judicial ethics and discipline are the following.

The American Bar Association adopted the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, which the various states have adapted and promulgated.  The website for the ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct is located at http://www.abanet.org/judicialethics/home.html.

The ABA offices are located in Chicago and Washington, DC.

American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610-4714
312-988-5000
American Bar Association
740 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-1019
202-662-1000

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The Center for Judicial Conduct Organizations, a division of the American Judicature Society, assists state judicial conduct commissions and publishes materials and runs national conferences on judicial ethics and conduct.

The American Judicature Society
The Opperman Center

2700 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
515-271-2281 (phone)
515-279-3090 (fax)
www.ajs.org


Center for Judicial Ethics
American Judicature Society
Box 190, 3304 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60657
773-248-6005 (phone)
773-248-6015 (fax)
cgray@ajs.org

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The Association of Judicial Disciplinary Counsel is a professional association of commission lawyers and other staff, intended to improve the effectiveness of judicial disciplinary organizations and to promote the professional interests of those who are engaged in the field of judicial discipline.