Rule 3.12 Compensation for Extrajudicial Activities

Judges are allowed to get paid for work they do outside of their regular court duties, like teaching a class, giving a speech, or writing an article. However, there are limits on when this is acceptable.

The pay a judge receives for outside work must be reasonable. More importantly, it cannot look like it would affect how the judge does their job. If a regular person would look at the payment and think it might influence the judge's decisions or fairness in court, then the judge should not accept it.