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Copies of these Advisory Opinions are available by calling the Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline at 614.387.9370.
| Op. No. 87-02 (May 7, 1987) | Use of the term "reelect" in judicial campaign |
| Op. No. 87-06 (May 27, 1987) | Scope of debate under former Canon 7 B.(1)(c) |
| Op. No. 87-30 (June 22, 1987) | Scope of debate relative to certain class of criminal cases; specific sentencing policy |
| Op. No. 87-37 (Sept. 25, 1987) | Interpretation of "120-day" rule relative to fundraising (withdrawn) |
| Op. No. 88-7 (April 25, 1988) | Judges should not engage in the business of consulting for political candidates |
| Op. No. 88-17 (Aug. 12, 1988) | Judge or judicial candidate’s campaign committee may contribute to other candidates for public office; judge or judicial candidate may contribute to political party only when not a candidate for judge (withdrawn; see Op. No. 96-7) |
| Op. No. 89-15 (June 16, 1989) | Use of the title "judge;" joint advertising and endorsements; independent fundraising activities |
| Op. No. 89-33 (Oct. 26, 1989) | Comment on abortion under former Canon 7 B.(1)(c) |
| Op. No. 90-24 (Dec. 14, 1990) | Judges and referees may make contributions to candidates and political parties; referees may not make direct or indirect contributions to judges of the court on which they serve |
| Op. No. 92-11 (April 10, 1992) | Judges and judicial candidates may sign nominating petitions for judicial and nonjudicial candidates |
| Op. No. 92-16 (Aug. 14, 1992) | Use of title "referee" |
| Op. No. 93-9 (Oct. 15, 1993) | Participation in a parade |
| Op. No. 96-7 (Oct. 11, 1996) | Use of campaign and personal funds to purchase tickets to another candidate’s fundraiser (withdrawn) |
| Op. No. 97-6 (Oct. 10, 1997) | Creation of campaign committee by incumbent judge; expenditure of carryover funds outside the fundraising period |
| Op. No. 98-7 (June 5, 1998) | Termination by judicial candidate of a nonjudicial campaign committee and disbursement of nonjudicial campaign funds |
| Op. No. 98-11 (Oct. 9, 1998) | Acceptance of campaign contributions from an elected clerk of court and employees of the clerk |
| Op. No. 01-1 (Feb. 2, 2001) | Campaign conduct of a judge whose spouse is a candidate for public office. |
| Op. No. 02-3 (April 5, 2002) | Scope of a judge's permissible communication on proposed constitutional amendment regarding drug treatment. |
| Op. No. 02-8 (Aug. 9, 2002) | Guidelines on scope of permissible judicial campaign speech. |
| Op. No. 02-013 (Oct. 4, 2002) | Campaign activities by magistrates on behalf of judicial candidates. |
| Op. No. 03-8 (Dec. 5, 2003) | Use of title and appearance in a robe by magistrates running for judicial office; use of campaign funds by judges, judicial candidates, and magistrates pursuant to Canon 7(C)(7). |
| Op. No. 04-4 (June 5, 2004) | Use of title Magistrate by a magistrate running for judicial office. |