Canon 5 - A judge should regulate the judge's extra-judicial activities to ensure that they do not prevent the judge from carrying out the judge's judicial dutiesA. Avocational activities. A judge may write, lecture, teach, and speak on legal or non-legal subjects, and engage in the arts, sports, and other social and recreational activities, if such avocational activities do not substantially interfere with the performance of the judge's judicial duties. B. Civic and charitable activities. A judge may participate in civic and charitable activities that do not reflect adversely upon the judge's impartiality or interfere with the performance of the judge's judicial duties. A judge may serve as an officer, director, trustee, or non-legal advisor of an educational, religious, charitable, fraternal or civic organization subject to the following limitations. (1) A judge should not serve if it is likely that theorganization will be engaged in proceedings that would ordinarily come before the judge. (2) A judge may be listed as an officer, director or trustee ofany cultural, educational, historical, religious, charitable, fraternal or civic organization. A judge may not actively assist such an organization in raising funds but may be listed as a contributor on a fund-raising invitation. (3) A judge may serve on the board of directors or board oftrustees of such an organization even though the board has the responsibility for approving investment decisions. C. Financial activities.(1) A judge should refrain from financial and business dealingsthat reflect adversely on the judge's impartiality, interfere with the proper performance of the judge's judicial duties, exploit the judge's judicial position or involve the judge in frequent transactions with lawyers or persons likely to come before the court on which the judge serves. (2) Subject to the requirements of subsection (1), a judge mayhold and manage the judge's own personal investments or those of the judge's spouse, children, or parents, including real estate investments, and may engage in other remunerative activity not otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Code but should not serve as an officer, director or manager of any business. (3) A judge should manage his/her investments and otherfinancial interests to minimize the number of cases in which the judge is disqualified. (4) Neither a judge nor a member of the judge's family residingin the judge's household should accept a gift from anyone except as follows: (a) A judge may accept a gift incident to a public testimonialto the judge; books supplied by publishers on a complimentary basis for official or academic use; or an invitation to the judge and the judge's spouse to attend a bar-related function, a cultural or historical activity, or an event related to the economic, educational, legal, or governmental system, or the administration of justice; (b) A judge or a member of the judge's family residing in thejudge's household may accept ordinary social hospitality; a gift, favor or loan from a friend or relative; a wedding, engagement or other special occasion gift; a loan from a lending institution in its regular course of business on the same terms generally available to persons who are not judges; or a scholarship or fellowship awarded on the same terms applied to other applicants; (c) Other than as permitted under subsection C.(4)(b) of thisCanon, a judge or a member of the judge's family residing in the judge's household may accept any other gift only if the donor is not a party presently before the judge and, if its value exceeds $500, the judge reports it in the same manner as the judge reports compensation in Canon 6C. (5) For the purposes of this section "member of the judge'sfamily residing in the judge's household" means any relative of a judge by blood or marriage, or a person treated by a judge as a member of the judge's family, who resides in the judge's household. (6) A judge is not required by this Code to disclose his/herincome, debts or investments, except as provided in this Canon and Canons 3 and 6. (7) Information acquired by a judge in the judge's judicialcapacity should not be used or disclosed by the judge in financial dealings or for any other purpose not related to the judge's judicial duties. D. Fiduciary activities. A judge should not serve as the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, except for the estate, trust or person of a member of the judge's family, and then only if such service will not interfere with the proper performance of the judge's judicial duties. "Member of the judge's family" includes a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent or any other relative of the judge by blood or marriage. As a family fiduciary a judge is subject to the following restrictions: (1) A judge should not serve if it is likely that as afiduciary the judge will be engaged in proceedings that would ordinarily come before the judge, or if the estate, trust or ward becomes involved in adversarial proceedings in the court on which the judge serves or one under its appellate jurisdiction. (2) While acting as a fiduciary a judge is subject to the samerestrictions on financial activities that apply to the judge in his/her personal capacity. E. Arbitration. A judge should not act as an arbitrator or mediator. However, an emergency justice or judge of the Appellate Division designated as such pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and an Emergency Judge of the District Court or Superior Court commissioned as such pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes of North Carolina may serve as an arbitrator or mediator when such service does not conflict with or interfere with the justice's or judge's judicial service in emergency status. A judge of the Appellate Division may participate in any dispute resolution program conducted at the Court of Appeals and authorized by the Supreme Court. F. Practice of law. A judge should not practice law. G. Extra-judicial appointments. A judge should not accept appointment to a committee, commission, or other body concerned with issues of fact or policy on matters other than those relating to cultural or historical matters, the economic, educational, legal or governmental system, or the administration of justice. A judge may represent his/her country, state or locality on ceremonial occasions or in connection with historical, educational or cultural activities. N.C. Code. Jud. Cond. Canon 5