Canon 8 New Jersey Rules of Court, Canon 8: Part 1 Appendix (CCJE): Canon 8, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

rule Canon 8 "Part 1 Appendix (CCJE): Canon 8" {
Canon 8 - Testimonials, Awards and Other Honors
(1) Subject to the general guidelines, a judiciary employee may accept an offered award, honor or tribute in special recognition of the employee’s achievement or service, as follows:
(a) An honorary degree or other award or honor from a university, college, or other educational institution or from its alumni or alumnae association;
(b) An award, honor or tribute for special achievement in judicial administration from a national or state general membership professional association, or any committee or section thereof; an institute or society devoted to judicial administration, or a judiciary employees’ association;
(c) An award, honor or tribute in recognition of a judiciary employee’s years of service, assignment to another vicinage, or impending retirement, from persons or an organization closely associated with the judiciary, such as a court administrators’ association; a judiciary employees’ association; or any general membership professional association; or any limited membership professional 22 association based upon gender, race or national or ethnic origin, or whose membership is all-inclusive;
(d) An award, honor or tribute from a public or non-profit or non-political organization for activity in a non-professional-related capacity directly related to that organization; provided, however, that the presentation shall not be at a fundraising event.
(2) A judiciary employee shall not accept an award, honor or tribute for any law-related activity where the recipient is selected through a nomination or election process and in no event shall such award, honor or tribute be accepted where the selection process is for the purpose of designating the recipient as “Employee of the Year,” “Man of the Year,” “Woman of the Year,” or the equivalent.
(3) A judiciary employee shall not accept an award, honor, or tribute from interest groups that might be involved in litigation in the court system, including from a bar association.
(4) The judiciary employee receiving an honor, award or tribute may accept a modestly priced gift, such as a trophy, plaque, book, picture, or briefcase.
Note: Canon 8 adopted June 4, 2002 to be effective immediately.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-27; corpus harvested 2026-09-02