Amendment to Bar Matter No.

850 k) xxx;
l) xxx;
Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court 2) Section 5, MCLE Implementing Regulations
EN BANC
Section 5. Exemptions
Gentlemen: The following are exempted from the MCLE requirements:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc
dated a. The Executive

13 July 2004 1. xxx;

2. xxx;
3. xxx;
“Bar Matter No. 850. – Re: Proposed Rules on Mandatory Continuing Legal 4. xxx;
Education for Active Members of the IBP. – Acting on the Letter dated 18 June 5. xxx;
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 b. xxx.
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 c. The Judiciary
Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal The Chief Justice and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
Education, to Incumbent and retired members of the Judiciary, incumbent members of the
Judicial and Bar Council incumbent members of the Mandatory Continuing
(a) APPROVE the proposed amendments to Bar Matter No. 850 and its Legal Education Committee, incumbent court lawyers who have availed of the
Implementing Regulations, thus: Philippine Judicial Academy programs of continuing judicial education.

d. xxx
1.) Rule 7, Section 1, Bar Matter No. 850 e. xxx
f. xxx
Rule 7. EXEMPTIONS g. xxx.

SECTION 1. Parties exempted from the MCLE. 3) Section 12, MCLE Implementing Regulations
- The following members of the Bar are exempt from the MCLE requirements:
Section 12. Compliance Procedures
a) xxx;
b) xxx; a. xxx,
c) The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, incumbent b. xxx,
and retired members of the judiciary, incumbent members of Judicial Bar c. xxx,
Council, incumbent members of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education d. xxx,
Committee, incumbent court lawyers who have availed of the Philippine
Judicial Academy programs of continuing judicial education e. A member who is in non-compliance at the end of the compliance period
d) xxx; shall pay a non-compliance fee of P1,000.00 and shall be listed as a delinquent
e) xxx; member of IBP Board of Governors upon the recommendation of the MCLE
f) xxx; Committee, in which case Rule 139-B of the Court shall apply.
g) xxx;
h) xxx; (b) APPROVE the proposed MCLE Forms for the effective Implementation of
i) xxx; the MCLE program, to wit:
j) xxx;
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.