In re Advisory Letter No. 3-11

This appeal explores the limitations on extrajudicial activities of judges. A part-time municipal court judge has been advised by the Advisory Committee on Extrajudicial Activities (Advisory Committee or Committee) that his judicial position and his acting *497and comedy career are not compatible with the Code of Judicial Conduct (Code of Judicial Conduct or Code).

A sitting municipal court judge received a request from a newspaper of general circulation to interview him following his appointment. The newspaper had contacted him for a follow-up article to a June 2007 piece describing the judge’s…