WSR 99-13-090

RULES OF COURT

STATE SUPREME COURT


[ June 8, 1999 ]

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO APR 1 )

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 ORDER

NO. 25700-A-659
The Washington State Bar Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to APR 1, and the Court having considered the amendment and comments submitted thereto, and having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendment as attached hereto is adopted.

(b) That the amendment will be published in the Washington Reports and will become effective September 1, 1999.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 8th day of June, 1999.
Guy, C.J.
B. Durham

Johnson, J.

 Talmadge, J.
Smith, J.

 Ireland, J.


PROPOSED ADOPTIONS OF ADMISSION TO PRACTICE RULES


APR 1


IN GENERAL; SUPREME COURT PREREQUISITES TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW; IMMUNITY



(a) Supreme Court. [No change].

(b) Prerequisites to the Practice of Law. [No change].

(c) Immunity. The Washington State Bar Association, its officers and agents (including but not limited to its staff, members of the Board of Governors, the Committee of Laws Examiners, the Character and Fitness Committee, the Law Clerk Committee, or any other individual acting under authority of these rules) are immune from all liability for conduct and communications occurring in the performance of their official duties relating to the examination, character and fitness qualifications, admission, and licensing of persons seeking to be admitted to the practice of law or for a limited license to practice law, provided only that the Bar Association, officer, or agent shall have acted in good faith. The burden of proving bad faith in this context shall be upon the person asserting it. The Bar Association shall provide defense to any action brought against an officer or agent of the Bar Association for actions taken in good faith under these rules and shall bear the costs of that defense and shall indemnify the officer or agent against any judgment taken therein. Communications to the Association, the Board of Governors, the Committee of Law Examiners, the Character and Fitness Committee, the Law Clerk Committee, or any other individual acting under authority of these rules, are absolutely privileged, and no lawsuit may be predicated thereon.

Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material above occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court an appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040..

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