KALAP provides confidential support to Kansas lawyers, law students and bar applicants. Confidentiality is the foundation of our services, allowing members of the legal community to seek assistance with confidence and trust.

Confidential Communications

Any call to KALAP is confidential. Under Kansas Supreme Court Rule 233(i) all communication with a KALAP staff person or volunteer are treated as confidential attorney/client communications. Records and information of KALAP are NOT subject to discovery or subpoena from any court or regulatory body.

No Duty to Report

KALAP Volunteers are immune from KRPC 8.3. If an ethical violation is discovered by KALAP staff or a KALAP volunteer in their service to KALAP, they are immune from making any reports to the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator or any other entity.

Civil Immunity

Supreme Court Rule 233(j) grants absolute immunity from any civil cause of action to the volunteers, employees, agents, and advisory board members of the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program, including any person who reports information to them.