The 2007 ABA model code of judicial conduct: Blueprint for a generation of judges

In February 2007, the American Bar Association, in the first comprehensive revision of its Model Code of Judicial Conduct since 1990, adopted a new Model Code. The new Code was prepared by an ABA Joint Commission created in 2003. This article describes the processes leading to the Commission's creation, composition, and operation. The significant format changes from the previous Code are explained. A major portion of the article is devoted to an analysis and brief explanation of some of the proposed changes from the previous Code, with a focus only on principal changes and substantive additions and deletions.