Rule text
a. The files and records maintained by the Board of Bar Examiners and the Committee on Character shall be confidential, subject to the rules and regulations of the Board and the Committee and unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court.
b. Members of the Board of Bar Examiners, the Committee on Character, and their lawfully appointed designees and staff shall be absolutely immune from suit, whether legal or equitable in nature, based on their respective conduct in performing their official duties. The Supreme Court shall request the Attorney General to represent bar admission authorities in all civil or criminal litigation in state or federal courts.
Notes
Note: Adopted November 7, 1988 to be effective January 2, 1989; title amended, former text amended and designated as paragraph (a), and new paragraph (b) added July 10, 1998 to be effective September 1, 1998.