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Judicial rules committee backs clarifying amendment to protect lawyer‑referral calls
Summary
A committee of Vermont legislators discussed and supported a proposed amendment to evidence Rule 502 to clarify that conversations between prospective clients and the Vermont Bar Association lawyer‑referral service are protected like attorney‑client communications. The committee treated the proposal during its comment period and did not object.
Dixon Corbett, chair of the Vermont Rules of Evidence Committee and a Superior Court judge, told the Joint Judicial Rules Committee that his committee unanimously recommends amending evidence Rule 502 to make explicit that calls to the Vermont Bar Association lawyer‑referral service are protected by the attorney‑client privilege.
Corbett said the referral service — which is sometimes staffed by volunteers or non‑attorney employees —…
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