Rule Text
A judge who violates the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct of 2023 may be subject to discipline by the Illinois Courts Commission.
Amendment history: Effective March 15, 1970; amended effective October 1, 1971; amended June 24, 1976, effective July 15, 1976; amended December 2, 1986, effective January 1, 1987; amended July 1, 2022, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
Judges in Illinois are expected to follow the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct. If a judge breaks those rules, they can face punishment from the Illinois Courts Commission.
The Illinois Courts Commission is the body that handles discipline for judges. This means that judges, like other professionals, have rules they must follow and can be held accountable when they do not.