# Kenneth Francis Ripple > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/24377 ## Record - **Judge:** Kenneth Francis Ripple - **Year:** 2008 - **Pages:** 14 ## Text Key Bank, So. Bend, IN IRA - CD — Interest KeyBank, So. Bend, IN IRA - CD — Interest Notre Dame FCU - Notre Dame, IN savings & checking account — Interest U.S.Savings Bonds — None UND TIAA/CREF Retirement Fund — Int/Div Loan to John Driscoll - See Sect. 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Compensation should not exceed a reasonable amount nor should it exceed what a person who is not a judge would receive for the same activity. * * * C Public Reports. A judge should make required financial disclosures in compliance with applicable statutes and Judicial Conference regulations and directives. The need to review and update one’s teaching maternal to stay fresh and relevant is inherent in any long-term teaching activity. Thus, the Committee concludes that the retooling and updating of your teaching methodologies and course matenals is part of “teaching” and is permissible under Canon 4A. Furthermore, subject to the constraints of Canon 6, you may receive compensation for your work. This conclusion is further supported by the Committee’s analysis of Title VI of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. Section 4(a) of the regulations implementing the Act provides that a judicial officer may not receive an honorarium, which is defined in Section 4(b) as “a payment of money or anything of value . . . for an appearance, speech or article by a judicial officer or employee.” But Section 4(b)(2) excludes from the definition of “honorarium” compensation received for “teaching activity,” if prior approval of the teaching activity is obtained from the chief judge of the circuit as required by Section 5 of the regulations. Section 5(b) of the regulations provides that: “Teaching” in these regulations includes teaching a course of study at an accredited educational institution or participating in an educational program of any duration that is sponsored by such an institution and is part of its educational offering. Examples of the latter are a lecture, lecture series or symposia sponsored by a law school or college. Teaching also includes participation in continuing legal education programs for which credit is given by licensing authorities or programs which arc sponsored by recognized providers of continuing legal education. Paragraph 12 of the Commentary to the regulations explains: --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/24377. Public record. Not legal advice.