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(a) Bar Counsel shall refer potential claimants to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection at the completion of discipline proceedings when appropriate. Copies of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Rules and any pamphlet which describes the Fund and procedures involved in filing a claim may be made available to the public.
(b) These rules may be changed at any time by a majority vote of the Committee at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, subject, however, to the approval of a majority vote of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association and the adoption of the change by the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska.
(c) Immunity.
(1) General Immunity. Members of the Board, members of the Committee, the Executive Director, Bar Counsel, and all Bar staff are immune from suit for conduct in the course and scope of their official duties as set forth in these rules.
(2) Witness Immunity. The Court or its designee may, in its discretion, grant immunity from criminal prosecution to witnesses in Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection proceedings upon application of the Board, Bar Counsel, the lawyer, or counsel for the lawyer, and after receiving the consent of the appropriate prosecuting authority.
(Added by SCO 214 effective January 1, 1976; amended by SCO 722 effective December 15, 1986; by SCO 962 effective July 15, 1989; by SCO 1029 effective July 15, 1990; by SCO 1176 effective July 15, 1995)
PART VI.
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