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Ala. Canons of Jud. Ethics Canon pmbl.
Preamble
Canons of Judicial Ethics
Preamble
The first Code of Legal Ethics in the United States was formulated and adopted by the
Alabama State Bar Association in 1887. This first Code was adopted with only minor changes
by Georgia, Virginia, Michigan, Colorado, North Carolina, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Maryland,
Kentucky and Missouri between 1887 and 1906, and finally by the American Bar Association
in 1908. Recognizing Alabama’s leadership in the field of professional ethics and mindful that
the character and conduct of a judge should never be objects of indifference and that declared
ethical standards tend to become habits of life, the Supreme Court of Alabama deems it
desirable to formulate and establish those principles which govern the conduct of members
of the judiciary. The Supreme Court of Alabama accordingly adopts the following canons, as
a Code for judges and a declaration of that which the people of the State of Alabama have a
right to expect of them.
Provenance
- Source
- judicial.alabama.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
- Content hash
0a1726c2dac970a1436431323411cc1b1b34314ff2f4694859ab3d66d0a91f1c
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