9 Rule 4 Establishment and Purpose
Administrative Orders of the Supreme Court
Rule Text
The Bar Assistance Program is established within the Professional Responsibility Program. The Bar Assistance Program will assist lawyers to achieve, maintain, and enhance professional competence and professional responsibility by:
A. providing a forum for the nondisciplinary resolution of disputes involving lawyers, including the nondisciplinary resolution of professional conduct complaints filed against lawyers;
B. responding to inquiries regarding professional competence, professional responsibility, legal ethics, law practice management, and behavioral health issues that impact the practice of law;
C. developing programs related to professional competence, professional responsibility, legal ethics, law practice management, and behavioral health issues that impact the practice of law;
D. developing programs that promote attorney wellness and educate on issues related to the signs, symptoms, causes, and prevention of behavioral health issues that affect professional competence and impact the practice of law; and
E. assisting impaired judges and lawyers.
Amendment history: Amended Nov. 2, 2020, eff. Apr. 1, 2021.