Rule 5.1.  District Character Committees.

Appointment and term. There shall be District Character Committees, consisting of three members in each bar district of the West Virginia State Bar. The members of these committees shall be appointed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from lists of nomination submitted to the Court by all of the judges of courts of record within the particular bar district. The terms of the members of the District Character Committees shall be for five years and committee members shall be eligible for reappointment. The District Character Committees shall elect a Chairman and a Secretary from within their number. The members of the District Character Committees shall serve without compensation. Any vacancy on the District Character Committees shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment of members of the Committees.