Confidentiality with the Lawyer Assistance Program

If you call to seek help for yourself, your inquiry is confidential. If you call as the spouse, child, or friend of a lawyer whom you suspect may have an alcohol, drug or mental health problem, and needs help, your communication is also treated confidentially and never related to the lawyer for whom you are seeking help without your permission. All inquiries, questions and conferences are privileged and held in the strictest confidence. Under Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the North Carolina State Bar, the attorney/client privilege is applied to communications between a lawyer seeking assistance with the Lawyer Assistance Program. In order to assure this high degree of trust and confidence, the Lawyer Assistance Program is, by rule of the State Bar, which has been approved by order of the North Carolina Supreme Court, entirely, separate from any ethics or disciplinary committee of the State Bar.