Maryland Law Clerk Cleared to Write Article About Medical Pot

A law clerk in Maryland can write a law journal article about employment laws on medical marijuana as long as the piece doesn’t identify the court where he works or suggest whether the judge has an opinion about the issue, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee held.

An unnamed circuit judge, who is running for re-election later this year, asked the committee whether there is a problem with a law clerk writing a paper about employee protections for medical marijuana use and publishing it in a journal of law. The article advocates for a change in law to boost protections.

Although ...