ยง 857. Judicial wellness or assistance committees. 1. Confidential
information privileged. The confidential relations and communications
between a member or authorized agent of a judicial wellness or
assistance committee sponsored by a state or local bar association and
any person, firm or corporation communicating with such committee, its
members or authorized agents, shall be deemed to be privileged on the
same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client. Such
privilege may be waived only by the person, firm or corporation which
has furnished information to the committee. This privilege shall not
extend to information received by a judge or lawyer serving as a member
of a judicial wellness or assistance committee that a judge is
committing or is likely to commit a substantial violation of the rules
governing judicial conduct.
2. Immunity from liability. Any person, firm or corporation in good
faith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the
affairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this
section shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result
by reason of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding, the good
faith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.