The Federal Judicial Center, in cooperation with the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, prepared this pamphlet to help new law clerks understand their ethical obligations. The pamphlet covers confidentiality; conflicts of interest; outside legal activities; dealings with prospective employers; outside professional, social and community activities; receipt of gifts and honoraria; and political activity. It includes an ethics checklist that clerks should fill out upon starting work, and review with their judges.

Superseded by Maintaining the Public Trust: Ethics for Federal Judicial Law Clerks, Second Edition (2011).