Facebook: Judges And Lawyers Unfriend
Florida state’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has ruled that judges and lawyers should unfriend.
“Although Facebook has been used as an example in this opinion, the holding of the opinion would apply to any social networking site which requires the member of the site to approve the listing of a ‘friend’ or contact on the member’s site.”
“We as judges can still be good judges and still have friends. Part of our job is to not let that friendship interfere in any way with our decisions. But, others in the public who see judges listing a lawyer as a friend on facebook, they may think that because they are your friend, they will be treated differently.”
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