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Home · Supreme Court Rules · CHAPTER 5: JUDGES · Article 3: Nebraska Revised Code of Judicial Conduct. (Effective January 1, 2011.) · § 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.
§ 5-303.3. Testifying as a character witness.
Printer-friendly versionA judge shall not testify as a character witness in a judicial, administrative, or other adjudicatory proceeding or otherwise vouch for the character of a person in a legal proceeding, except when duly summoned.
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- CHAPTER 1: ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER 2: APPEALS
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- Article 1: Discipline Procedures for Judges.
- Article 3: Nebraska Revised Code of Judicial Conduct. (Effective January 1, 2011.)
- Revisor’s note.
- Preamble.
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- § 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.
- § 5-303.0. 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.
- § 5-303.1. Extrajudicial activities in general.
- § 5-303.2. Appearances before governmental bodies and consultation with government officials.
- § 5-303.3. Testifying as a character witness.
- § 5-303.4. Appointments to governmental positions.
- § 5-303.5. Use of nonpublic information.
- § 5-303.6. Affiliation with discriminatory organizations.
- § 5-303.7. Participation in educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic organizations and activities.
- § 5-303.8. Appointments to fiduciary positions.
- § 5-303.9. Service as arbitrator or mediator.
- § 5-303.10. Practice of law.
- § 5-303.11. Financial, business, or remunerative activities.
- § 5-303.12. Compensation for extrajudicial activities.
- § 5-303.13. Acceptance and reporting of gifts, loans, bequests, benefits, or other things of value.
- § 5-303.14. Reimbursement of expenses and waivers of fees or charges.
- § 5-303.15. Reporting requirements.
- § 5-303.16. Conducting marriage ceremonies.
- § 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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[1] A judge who, without being subpoenaed, testifies as a character witness abuses the prestige of judicial office to advance the interests of another. See Rule 1.3. Except in unusual circumstances where the demands of justice require, a judge should discourage a party from requiring the judge to testify as a character witness.