The Supreme Court earlier issued Bar Matter No. 1922, requiring all lawyers to indicate the number and date of issue of their MCLE Certificate of Compliance, and if they could not do so by 25, August 2008, it will result to the dismissal of the case and the expunction of the pleadings from the records. The SC has extended the compliance date to 1 January 2009. Thank God for small mercies. Here’s the full text of the amendment:
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Sirs/Mesdames: Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Bank dated September 2, 2008: “Bar Matter No. 1922. - Re: Recommendation of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Board to Indicate in All Pleadings Filed with the Courts the Counsel’s MCLE Certificate of Compliance or Certificate of Exemption. - The Court Resolved to NOTE the
(a) 1st Indorsement, dated August 26, 2008, of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, relative to the letter of Atty. Feliciano M. Bautista, IBP National President and the resolution of the Board of Governors dated August 21, 2008, requesting the Supreme Court to defer or extend the effectivity of the resolution in Bar Matter No. 1922, which makes it mandatory for all lawyers to indicate in all pleadings filed in Courts, their respective MCLE Certificates of Compliance Number or Certificates of Exemption;
(b) Aforesaid Board of Governors Resolution “Requesting the Supreme Court to Defer or Extend the Effectivity of the Resolution in Bar Matter No. 1992 until December 31, 2008″; and
(c) Letter-Comment, dated August 22, 2008, of Justice Carolina C. Grino-Aquino, Chairperson, MCLE, in compliance with the resolution of the Court dated August 19, 2008.
The Court further Resolved, upon the recommendation of the MCLE Governing Board to
(a) GRANT the above request of the IBP Board; and
(b) AMEND the effectivity date of the Implementation of Bar Matter No. 1922 to January 1, 2009 instead of August 25, 2008.”
Ynares-Santiago, Carpio, Austria-Martinez, and Azcuna, JJ., on official leave.
in relation to my query, pls be informed that i was admitted to the bar on May 03, 2004. And i have not yet submitted any mcle compliance since.
Thanks again Sir…
oh sorry… I should have said “Sir”…
My apologies….
Mabuhay!
i wanna submit my mcle compliance for the 2nd compliance period. Yet, i dont know how much would it cost me in all? Pls enlighten me in this. Kindly itemize the fees i have to remit for the said compliance.
Thanks so much maam and my best regards!
Henricus
Hi. Im asking on behalf of an uncle. May I know how long is each compliance period for the MCLE for not-so recent lawyers? Let’s say the first compliance period, when did it end? Same question with the second and the third?
Thanks !!!
For those who still have not completed for the 2nd Compliance period, you MUST enroll now for your Certificate of Compliance to be processed on time before the end of extended deadline sets in on January 1, 2009.
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Legal and Judicial Ethics
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Rules on Pre-Trial (2 CU)
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@paulo Sep 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Be thankful that you was only charge 300 pesos for non submission of attorney compliance report. Rule 13 of Bar Matter 850 requires you to pay non compliance fee (1000).
take note:
(implementing rules of the mcle)
Section 12: Compliance Procedures (implementing rules of the mcle)
a. Each member not otherwise exempt under the Rules or whose exempt status the Committee may take judicial notice of, shall secure from the MCLE Committee a Compliance Card before the end of his compliance period. He shall complete the card by attesting under oath that he has complied with the education requirement or that he is exempt, specifying the nature of the exemption. Such Compliance Card must be returned to the Committee not later than the day after the end of the member’s compliance period
Alpha_Mike/Orbil, your concerns are addressed in a subsequent post. Geff, I believe the same thing applies to your “dilemma”.
Ptolemy, there is no express provision whether the dismissal could be motu propio. I believe that judges would be entitled to do just that…and they would most probably be right.
@geff
tama po kayo sir, you just need 36 units for the 3rd compliance period in 2010 na po. 2nd compliance period ended on April 2007 so di na po kayo covered. hope to see you in one of our mcle seminars soon. =)