Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
EN BANC
 

Gentlemen:
 
 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:

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:

a. The Executive 

1. xxx;
2. xxx;
3. xxx;
4. xxx;
5. xxx;

b.     xxx.

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.  xxx.

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:

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

 

 Very truly yours,
 

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
  

                           By:

MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Assistant Clerk of Court