Kenneth Francis Ripple

Key Bank, 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 to assist in paying mortgage — None

Prudential Insurance Policy #1 — Int/Div

Prudential Insurance Policy #2 — Int/Div

Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #1 — None

Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #2 — None

MetLife Whole Life Insurance Policy — None

Trust #5 — Int/Div

Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased

Julius Baer International Equity - A — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold

Julius Baer International Equity - A — Sold

Ist Source Monogram Income Equity — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Trust #6 — Int/Div

Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Moncy — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Intemational Stock Fd — Purchased

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased

Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased

Julius Baer Intemational Equity - A — Purchased

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold

Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold

Julius Baer International Equity - A — Sold

Ist Source Monogram Income Equity — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold

Ist Source Bank - Checking — Interest

Inova Federal Credit Union — Interest

See Section VIII, Part

See Section VIII. Part

Agreement — 2007 — See Section VIII, Part II

Reimbursement — See Section VIII, Part V

Income — 2007 — Part-time teaching - University of Notre Dame — $22,281

Spouse's income — 2007 — Erica's Craft & Sewing Center - part-time employment, sales and teaching

Canon 4A of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges provides: “A judge may speak.

write, lecture, teach, and participate in other activities concerning the law, the legal system. and the

administration of justice.” Canon 6 of the Code states:

A judge may receive compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the

law-related and extra-judicial activities permitted by this Code. if the source of such

payments does not give the appearance of influencing the judge in the judges

judicial duties or otherwise give the appearance of impropriety, subject to the

following restrictions:

A

Compensation. 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.

f:

*

*

Public Reports. A judge should make required financial disclosures in

compliance with applicable statutes and Judicial Conferenceregulations and

directives.

The need to review and update one’s teaching material 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 materials 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 1s 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 S of the regulations. Section S(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

1s 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 are sponsored

by recognized providers of continuing lepal education.

Paragraph 12 of the Commentary to the regulations explains: