{"id":4353,"date":"2026-08-04T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:41:19","slug":"supreme-court-rules-of-professional-practice-comment-period-closes-september-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/2026\/08\/04\/supreme-court-rules-of-professional-practice-comment-period-closes-september-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice – Comment Period Closes September 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCRP01-501.<\/a> Lawyer disciplinary and disability proceedings: purpose, authority, scope, and structure. Amend.
\n<\/b>SCRP01-502. <\/a> Definitions. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-503. <\/a>Oversight Committee for the Office of Professional Conduct. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-510.<\/a> Ethics and Discipline Committee composition. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-511.<\/a> Screening panel composition; responsibilities. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-522.<\/a> Ethics advisory opinions. Amend<\/b>
\nSCRP01-523. <\/a> OPC investigative subpoenas. Amend<\/b>
\nSCRP01-530. <\/a> Professional misconduct proceedings. Amend<\/b>
\nSCRP01-531. <\/a> Proceedings before Committee and screening panels. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-532. <\/a> Exceptions to screening panel determinations and recommendations. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-535.<\/a> Appealing a final Committee disposition to the Supreme Court. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-542. <\/a>Additional rules of procedure. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01<\/a>-552.<\/a>\u00a0Diversion<\/strong> contract. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-553.<\/a> Respondent’s<\/strong> participation in diversion. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-560<\/a>. Grounds for discipline. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-561<\/a>. <\/a>Accessing disciplinary information. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-563. <\/a>Interim discipline for threat of harm. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-567. <\/a>Reciprocal discipline. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-570. <\/a>Notice of disability or suspension; return of clients’ property; refund of unearned fees. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-580. <\/a>Purpose and nature of sanctions. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-581. <\/a>Sanctions. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-590. <\/a>Reinstatement following a suspension of no more than six months or probation. Amend
\n<\/b>SCRP01-591. <\/a>Reinstatement following a suspension of more than six months; relicensure. Amend
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The proposed amendments to the rules listed above are intended for clarity and consistency and include: 1) creating a definition for sending documents and ensuring the usage is consistent throughout the rules; 2) removing most of the references to “licensed paralegal practitioners” as the definition of Lawyer was previously amended to include LPPs; 3) changing the definition of “Complainant” to no longer include the OPC; and 4) removing any inclusion of a hyphen\u00a0in “vice chairs.”<\/div>\n
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SCRP01-501. Lawyer disciplinary and disability proceedings: purpose, authority, scope, and structure. Amend. SCRP01-502. Definitions. Amend SCRP01-503. Oversight Committee for the Office of Professional Conduct. Amend SCRP01-510. Ethics and Discipline Committee composition. Amend SCRP01-511. Screening panel composition; responsibilities. Amend SCRP01-522. Ethics advisory opinions. Amend SCRP01-523. OPC investigative subpoenas. Amend SCRP01-530. Professional misconduct proceedings. Amend SCRP01-531. Proceedings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121,1122,1123,1124,1125,1126,1127,1128,1129,1130,1131,1132,1133,1134,1136,1137,1138,1139,1140,1135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scrp-1-501","category-scrp-1-502","category-scrp-1-503","category-scrp-1-510","category-scrp-1-511","category-scrp-1-522","category-scrp-1-532","category-scrp-1-535","category-scrp-1-542","category-scrp-1-552","category-scrp-1-553","category-scrp-1-560","category-scrp-1-561","category-scrp-1-563","category-scrp-1-570","category-scrp-1-580","category-scrp-1-581","category-scrp-1-590","category-scrp-1-591","category-srcp-1-567"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 11:59:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4353"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4385,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions\/4385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}