As amended through June 28, 2024
Rule 16.5 - Intervention program(a) The Director shall establish a Lawyer Volunteer Committee. Each person appointed to the Lawyer Volunteer Committee shall be an attorney, judge or trained counselor. (b) Intervention is defined as the process of interrupting impairment by utilizing information, confrontation, counseling and motivation techniques to facilitate entry into diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.(c) The Lawyer Volunteer Committee is established as a committee to utilize intervention exclusively with attorneys, judges, and law students who are impaired to facilitate their entry into diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.(d) The Director and/or Lawyer Volunteer Committee shall review all information submitted regarding potentially impaired attorneys, judges, and law students and make a determination of the appropriateness of intervention.Added effective 7/7/1989; amended December 12, 2006, effective 1/1/2007.