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Education Bar Matter No. 850
Education Bar Matter No. 850
Amendment to Bar Matter No. 850 [Per Supreme Court En Banc Resolution dated July 13, 2004]
Guidelines for the MCLE Accredited Providers in the Conduct of MCLE Approved Activities [Guidelines No. 01, s. 2002]
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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:
Rule 7. EXEMPTIONS
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;
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a. The Executive
1. xxx;
2. xxx;
3. xxx;
4. xxx;
5. xxx;
b. xxx. cralaw
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
MCLE: e. xxx
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f. xxx
g. xxx. cralaw
a. xxx,
b. xxx,
c. xxx,
d. xxx,
DebtKollect 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
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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.
LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
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Since 19.07.98
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