Rule 183 Immunity
Rule Text
Disciplinary counsel and the judges and justices sitting at an informal or formal hearing brought under these rules have absolute immunity from liability for any conduct performed in the course of official duties. The complainant is not liable for institution of disciplinary proceedings except on a showing of both falsity of statements made by the complainant and malice of the complainant. Legal Resources Get In Touch! Post Office Box 23 Pago Pago , American Samoa 96799 About Us Welcome to the American Samoa Bar Association. We are the licensing body and the official bar association for all of those who practice law in American Samoa. The American Samoa Bar Association serves to promote justice, the rule of law, and the interests of the legal system. We do this through public education, legislative review, promoting the judiciary, and advocating the rule of law. We also offer a legal scholarship to a student that shows exemplary academics and a desire to promote the rule of law in American Samoa.