Mandatory vs. Voluntary Inhibition (See also Rule 137)

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1. Under Canon III, Section 12 of the 2025 CJCA, voluntary inhibition is exercised on what basis? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Which relationship to counsel is expressly within the mandatory-inhibition ground in Canon III, Section 11(g)? Multiple Choice Easy
3. What must every inhibition order state under Canon III, Section 13? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A judge is assigned a case in which the judge previously served as counsel in the very matter in controversy. No consen… Multiple Choice Medium
5. A judge is related to a party litigant within the fifth civil degree. There is no written consent or claimed exception.… Multiple Choice Medium
6. Counsel in a pending matter was formerly the judge’s coworker in a law office. Counsel had already been engaged in this… Multiple Choice Hard
7. A judge discovers circumstances outside the listed mandatory grounds that may affect impartiality. The judge says no di… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Distinguish mandatory and voluntary inhibition under Canon III, Sections 11–12 of the 2025 CJCA. Give one clear example… Essay Medium
9. A judge’s former coworker is counsel in a pending case, and that lawyer had already been engaged in the same action whi… Essay Medium
10. An inhibition order states only “for personal reasons” without explaining the actual ground and is not furnished to the… Essay Medium
11. A judge personally witnessed disputed evidentiary events before receiving the case. Which CJCA ground is implicated? Multiple Choice Easy
12. The judge previously served as trustee with respect to the subject matter in controversy. Which ground applies? Multiple Choice Easy