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RULE 4.3. PROBATION.

Effective Date: 1/1/1995

Obsolete Date: 8/1/2004

A. Imposition. Probation may be imposed only in those cases in which there is little likelihood that the lawyer will harm the public during the period of probation and the conditions of probation can be adequately supervised.

B. Conditions. The conditions of the probation must be stipulated in writing. Only the court may impose conditions of probation which limit the lawyer's right to practice law in this jurisdiction.

Rule 4.3 was adopted effective January 1, 1995; amended effective August 1, 2004; March 1, 2017.

New Section C was created effective March 1, 2017, to provide for monitoring of probation conditions by disciplinary counsel, to require periodic reports regarding the probationer's progress, and to provide responses to noncompliance with probation conditions.

Effective Date Obsolete Date
03/01/2017 View
08/01/2004 03/01/2017 View
01/01/1995 08/01/2004 View