Opinion
APRIL 7, 2006
The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The following order was passed:
It is ordered that Rules 8-104 and 8-110 of the Rules and Regulations for the Orgnization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia, regarding Continuing Lawyer Competency be amended to read as follows:
Rule 8-104. Education Requirements and Exemptions.
(A) . . .
(B) Basic Legal Skills Requirement.
(1) . . .
(2) . . .
(3) . . .
(4) Confidentiality of proceedings.
(a) The confidentiality of all inquiries to, decisions of, and proceedings by the Transition Into Law Practice Program shall be respected. No disclosure of said inquiries, decisions and proceedings shall be made in the absence of the agreement of all participating.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by these rules, no person connected with the Transition Into Law Practice Program operated under the auspices of the Standards of the Profession Committee of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency shall disclose any information concerning or comment on any proceeding under these rules.
(c) The Transition Into Law Practice Program operated under the auspices of the Standards of the Profession Committee of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency may reveal private records when required by law, court rule, or court order.
(d) Any records maintained by the Transition Into Law Practice Program operated under the auspices of the Standards of the Profession Committee of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, as provided herein, shall be available to Counsel for the State Bar only in the event the State Bar or any department thereof receives a discovery request or properly executed subpoena requesting such records.
Rule 8-110. Immunity.
The State Bar, its employees, the Standards of the Profession Committee members and advisors, the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, its employees, members and advisors, the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, its employees, members, and advisors shall be absolutely immune from civil liability of all acts in the course of their official duties.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Clerk's Office