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Home · Supreme Court Rules · CHAPTER 5: JUDGES · Article 3: Nebraska Revised Code of Judicial Conduct. (Effective January 1, 2011.) · § 5-302.0. Canon 2. A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially, competently, and diligently.
§ 5-302.13. Administrative appointments.
Printer-friendly version(A) In making administrative appointments, a judge:
(1) shall exercise the power of appointment impartially* and on the basis of merit; and
(2) shall avoid nepotism, favoritism, and unnecessary appointments.
(C) A judge shall not approve compensation of appointees beyond the fair value of services rendered.
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- CHAPTER 1: ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER 2: APPEALS
- CHAPTER 3: ATTORNEYS AND THE PRACTICE OF LAW
- CHAPTER 4: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- CHAPTER 5: JUDGES
- Article 1: Discipline Procedures for Judges.
- Article 3: Nebraska Revised Code of Judicial Conduct. (Effective January 1, 2011.)
- Revisor’s note.
- Preamble.
- Scope.
- Terminology.
- Application.
- § 5-301.0. Canon 1. A judge shall uphold and promote the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety.
- § 5-302.0. Canon 2. A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially, competently, and diligently.
- § 5-302.1. Giving precedence to the duties of judicial office.
- § 5-302.2. Impartiality and fairness.
- § 5-302.3. Bias, prejudice, and harassment.
- § 5-302.4. External influences on judicial conduct.
- § 5-302.5. Competence, diligence, and cooperation.
- § 5-302.6. Ensuring the right to be heard.
- § 5-302.7. Responsibility to decide.
- § 5-302.8. Decorum, demeanor, and communication with jurors.
- § 5-302.9. Ex parte communications.
- § 5-302.10. Judicial statements on pending and impending cases.
- § 5-302.11. Disqualification.
- § 5-302.12. Supervisory duties.
- § 5-302.13. Administrative appointments.
- § 5-302.14. Disability and impairment.
- § 5-302.15. Responding to judicial and lawyer misconduct.
- § 5-302.16. Cooperation with disciplinary authorities.
- § 5-303.0. Canon 3. A judge shall conduct the judge’s personal and extrajudicial activities to minimize the risk of conflict with the obligations of judicial office.
- § 5-304.0. Canon 4. A judge or candidate for judicial office shall not engage in political or campaign activity that is inconsistent with the independence, integrity, or impartiality of the judiciary.
- CHAPTER 6: TRIAL COURTS
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COMMENT
[1] Appointees of a judge include assigned counsel, officials such as referees, commissioners, special masters, receivers, and guardians, and personnel such as clerks, secretaries, and bailiffs. Consent by the parties to an appointment or an award of compensation does not relieve the judge of the obligation prescribed by paragraph (A).
[2] Unless otherwise defined by law, nepotism is the appointment or hiring of any relative within the fourth degree of relationship of either the judge or the judge’s spouse or domestic partner, or the spouse or domestic partner of such relative.
[3] [Reserved.]