Inns of Court ethics?

Question: "What are a judicial officer's ethical obligations as they pertain to participation in American Inns of Court?" If you have an answer, CJEO wants to hear it: The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) invites public comment on a draft formal opinion about judges participating in Inns of Court here.

And here's an interesting footnote 1 in an unpub from 2/8:

It appears [Appellant] recorded the hearing on the motion for reconsideration without the permission of the trial court, in violation of California Rules of Court, rule 1.150(d). We have augmented the record on appeal to include this recording. We do not sanction recording of trial court proceedings without advance approval by the court. However, under the extremely specific circumstances presented here, in which (1) the absence of a reporter’s transcript is due to judicial error and not attributable to the appellant, and (2) on appeal both parties rely on appellant’s record of the hearing, we consider the recording of the hearing on equitable grounds and only for the limited purpose of reviewing [Appellant's] claim she was denied a fair hearing on the motion for reconsideration.