Should Judges "Friend" Lawyers On Facebook? Ohio Supreme Court Says Yes, But...
The Ohio Supreme Court says it's okay for judges to have a personal Facebook profile, but that a few ethical considerations should be taken into consideration.
The Ohio Supreme Court says it’s okay for judges to have a personal Facebook profile, but that a few ethical considerations should be taken into consideration. Yeah, I’d say!
A recent national study conducted by the Communication Professionals for the Courts shows that about 4 in 10 US judges use some kind of social media website like Facebook. It’s not surprising then that State Supreme Courts are beginning to analyse where the private life of a judge ends and where his pledge to the Code of Judicial Conduct begins.
As it turns out, Ohio’s Supreme Court sent out an advisory opinion yesterday saying that, yes, a judge might “friend” a lawyer who appears before him in court, for example, but that she must be very careful about how much interaction she has with such “friend”, and how much information the judge herself lets others see on her own page.
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