The Code of Judicial Conduct of th District of Columbia was adopted by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration of the District of Columbia Courts on November 15, 2011, with an effective date of January 1, 2012. The 2012 Code replaces the 1995 Code of Judicial Conduct.

Judges, individually and collectively, must respect and honor the judicial office as a public trust and strive to enhance and maintain confidence in our legal system.

Original scanned version - Code of Judicial Conduct (2012)

OCR (readable text) version - Code of Judicial Conduct (OCR)