Authority: IC 6-1.5-6-2

Affected: IC 6-1.1-15; IC 6-1.5-4-1; IC 6-1.5-5-1

Sec. 8. (a) An administrative law judge may engage in extrajudicial activities, except as prohibited by the Indiana ethics code set forth in IC 4-2-6 and 42 IAC 1-5, the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, any other applicable law, or this rule.

(b) When engaging in extrajudicial activities, an administrative law judge shall not:

1. (1) participate in activities that will interfere with the proper performance of the judge's judicial duties;
2. (2) participate in activities that will lead to frequent disqualification of the judge;
3. (3) participate in activities that would appear to a reasonable person to undermine the judge's independence, integrity, or impartiality;
4. (4) engage in conduct that would appear to a reasonable person to be coercive; or
5. (5) make use of agency premises, staff, stationery, equipment, or other resources, unless such additional use is permitted by law.

(c) An administrative law judge, subject to this rule, may engage in the following extrajudicial activities:

1. (1) speak, write, lecture, teach and participate in other activities concerning the administration of the law and the legal system;
2. (2) serve as a member, officer, or director of an organization devoted to the improvement of the administration of the law and the legal system;
3. (3) participate in civic and charitable activities that do not reflect adversely upon impartiality or interfere with the performance of judicial duties; or

4. (4) serve as an officer, director, trustee, or advisor of an educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic organization not conducted for the economic or political advantage of its members, subject to the following limitations:

   1. (A) an administrative law judge should not serve if it is likely that the organization will be engaged in proceedings that would ordinarily come before the judge or will be regularly engaged in adversary proceedings before the agency in which the judge serves; and
   2. (B) an administrative law judge should not use or permit the use of the prestige of the judge's office for the purpose of soliciting funds for any educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic organization, but the judge may be listed as an officer, director, or trustee of such an organization.

(Indiana Board of Tax Review; 52 IAC 4-11-8; filed Aug 4, 2025, 11:58 a.m.: 20250903-IR-052250158FRA)