Opinion
March 2, 2006.
This 2nd day of March, 2006, it appears to the Court that it is desirable to amend Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules 6(a), 6(b) and 7(a).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT, the following amendments shall be effective immediately:
(1) Rule 6(a) shall be amended by deleting the last complete sentence of the subsection and substituting in place thereof the following two sentences to read: "Disciplinary Counsel shall submit the draft petition to a lawyer member of the Board for review, and no petition may be filed by Disciplinary Counsel without prior approval of the assigned lawyer member of the Board. The Chair shall establish a list of lawyer members of the Board, other than the Chair, to be assigned by the Chair, on a rotating basis, to review draft petitions for approval. The lawyer member of the Board who is assigned to review a petition for filing shall not thereafter participate on a panel that decides the matter on the merits.
(2) Rule 6(b) shall be amended by deleting the word "Chair" in the introductory phrase of the first sentence of the subsection and substituting in place thereof the phrase "assigned lawyer member of the Board"
(3) Rule 7(a) shall be amended by inserting the word "either" between the words "made" and "in" in the first line of the Rule.
(4) Rule 7(a) shall be further amended by deleting the words "and may" in the third line of the Rule and substituting in place thereof the word "or".