A part-time city court judge in Rensselaer should be censured after she “lent the prestige of her judicial office” to advance a client’s interest in seven courts, a unanimous New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a determination made public on Thursday.

Judge Kathleen L. Robichaud used an email address on court filings and legal correspondences that identified her as a judge and, in one instance, attested to her client’s signature on a court document on which she crossed out “notary public” and wrote “city court judge,” the commission determined.