Delaware Supreme Court

(a) Inherent power and authority. Pursuant to the Court’s inherent power and authority over the regulation of the legal profession, the Court shall maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct for all lawyers subject to its jurisdiction, dispose of individual cases of lawyer discipline and disability, and administer the lawyer disciplinary system. (b) Appointment of members of disciplinary agencies. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 62 and 64, the Court shall appoint the members of the Board (which includes all members of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Subcommittee of the Board), the PRC, and the ODC, who shall function with such powers and duties as set forth by the Court. (c) Administration of disciplinary system. There shall be an Administrative Assistant to the disciplinary agencies who shall be appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court. To maintain the efficient operation and regulation of the disciplinary system, the Administrative Assistant shall oversee implementation and coordination of procedures for the processing and disposition of disciplinary matters, including, without limitation, the assignment of individual panels of the Board and the PRC, the scheduling of Board hearings and PRC meetings, and the filing, docketing, and maintenance of original pleadings and other original papers constituting the official record in individual disciplinary cases. The Administrative Assistant shall also have such powers and duties with respect to the administration of the disciplinary system as are authorized by the Court. History. Amended, Sept. 12, 2017.