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May 5, 2008
Nephewtism Not Prohibited
The South Carolina Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct opines that a circuit court judge may employ a nephew as a judicial clerk. The code provision that defines and prohibits the hiring of "family members" does not include the children of the judge's siblings. (Mike Frisch)
May 5, 2008 in Judicial Ethics and the Courts | Permalink
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Nepotism is derived from the word for nephew. So it's odd when the anti-nepotism rule doesn't cover that.
Posted by: word lover | May 5, 2008 5:07:12 PM
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