D.c. Code Ethics Admin. Law Jud., ch. IV

As amended through October 11, 2024

Chapter IV - QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES

A. An Administrative Law Judge, subject to the proper performance of judicial duties, may engage in the following quasi-judicial activities, if in doing so doubt is not cast on the capacity to decide impartially any issue that may come before the Administrative Law Judge:

(1) speak, write, lecture, teach and participate in other activities concerning the law, the legal system and the administration of justice;

(2) may appear at a hearing before an executive or legislative body or official and may otherwise consult with an executive or legislative body or official, unless otherwise prohibited by law;

(3) may serve as a member, officer or director of an organization or governmental agency devoted to the improvement of the law, the legal system or the administration of justice. An Administrative Law Judge may assist such an organization in the management and investment of the organization's funds, but may not personally participate in public or private fund raising activities or solicitation, except that, consistent with applicable law, an Administrative Law Judge may solicit funds from other Administrative Law Judges over whom the judge does not exercise supervisory or appellate authority. Except as permitted in this Section, an Administrative Law Judge may not personally participate in membership solicitation if the solicitation might reasonably be perceived as coercive, or if the membership solicitation is essentially a fund-raising mechanism; and

(4) may make recommendations to public and private fund-granting agencies on projects and programs concerning the law, the legal system and the administration of justice.

D.c. Code Ethics Admin. Law Jud., ch. IV