BAR
MATTER NO. 850
MANDATORY
CONTINUING
LEGAL EDUCATION (MCLE)
Republic of
the Philippines
Supreme Court
EN BANC
Gentlemen:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
Quoted hereunder,
for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated
13 July 2004
“Bar Matter
No. 850. – Re: Proposed Rules on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
for
Active Members of the IBP. – Acting on the Letter dated 18 June 2003 of
Chairperson Carolina C. Griño-Aquino, Mandatory Continuing Legal
Education Committee (MCLE), requesting for the exemption of incumbent
members
of the MCLE Office from complying with the MCLE requirements and the
payment
of the exemption fee, as well as the approval and publication of the
amendments
to Bar Matter No. 850 and its Implementing Regulations, the Court
Resolved,
upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Education, to
(a) APPROVE the proposed
amendments to Bar Matter No. 850 and its Implementing Regulations,
thus:
1.) Rule 7, Section
1, Bar Matter No. 850
Rule 7. EXEMPTIONS
SECTION
1. Parties exempted from the MCLE.
- The
following
members of the Bar are exempt from the MCLE requirements:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
a) xxx;
b) xxx;
c) The Chief
Justice
and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, incumbent and retired
members
of the judiciary, incumbent members of Judicial Bar Council, incumbent
members of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee,
incumbent
court lawyers who have availed of the Philippine Judicial Academy
programs
of continuing judicial education
d) xxx;
e) xxx;
f) xxx;
g) xxx;
h) xxx;
i) xxx;
j) xxx;
k) xxx;
l) xxx;
2)
Section 5, MCLE Implementing Regulations
Section 5.
Exemptions
The
following
are exempted from the MCLE requirements:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
a.
The Executive
1. xxx;
2. xxx;
3. xxx;
4. xxx;
5. xxx;
b.
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c. The
Judiciary
The Chief
Justice
and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
Incumbent
and retired
members of the Judiciary, incumbent members of the Judicial and Bar
Council
incumbent members of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
Committee,
incumbent court lawyers who have availed of the Philippine Judicial
Academy
programs of continuing judicial education.
d.
xxx
e.
xxx
f.
xxx
g.
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3)
Section 12, MCLE Implementing Regulations
Section
12. Compliance
Procedures
a. xxx,
b. xxx,
c. xxx,
d. xxx,
e. A member
who
is in non-compliance at the end of the compliance period shall pay a
non-compliance
fee of P1,000.00 and shall be listed as a delinquent member of IBP
Board
of Governors upon the recommendation of the MCLE Committee, in which
case
Rule 139-B of the Court shall apply.
(b) APPROVE
the
proposed MCLE Forms for the effective Implementation of the MCLE
program,
to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
1.
MCLE
Form
No. 08 - Certificate of Exemption
2.
MCLE
Form
No. 09 - Application for Exemption
3.
MCLE
Form
No. 10 – Application for Credit Unit/s for Participating in MCLE
Activity/Program
as Lecturer/ Resource Speaker or Panelist/ Reactor/ Commentator/
Moderator/
Coordinator/Facilitator
4.
MCLE
Form
No. 11 – Application for Credit Unit/s for Teaching at an
Accredited
Law School
5.
MCLE
Form
No. 12 – Application for Credit Unit/s for Publication of a Legal
Article
or Book
6.
MCLE
Form
No. 13 – Certificate of Compliance
and
(c) direct the Office
of the Clerk of Court to cause the publication of the aforecited
provisions
of Bar Matter No. 850 and its Implementing Regulations and the MCLE
Forms
for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.
Very
truly
yours,
LUZVIMINDA
D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
By:chanroblesvirtuallawlibraryMA. LUISA
D. VILLARAMA
Assistant
Clerk
of Court
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