A lawyer who acts with good faith and reasonable reliance on a written opinion or advisory letter of the ethics committee of the association is not subject to sanction for violation of the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct as to the conduct that is the subject of the opinion or advisory letter.
In order to preserve the identities and confidentialities of attorneys' clients, all proceedings of the ethics committee of the association, the identity of requesting attorneys, and all requests, drafts and other records of the committee, other than its final opinions, are confidential.
N.D. R. Law. Disc. 1.2