Amendments to Bar Matter No. 850 and its Implementing Regulations

July 13, 2004

AMENDMENTS TO BAR MATTER NO. 850 AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS

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 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: caTESD

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 requirement:

a) . . .;

b) . . .;

c) The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, incumbent and retired members of the judiciary, incumbent members of 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 legal education;

d) . . .;

e) . . .;

f) . . .;

g) . . .;

h) . . .;

i) . . .;

j) . . .;

k) . . .;

l) . . .;

2) Section 5, MCLE Implementing Regulations

SECTION 5. Exemptions. —

The following are exempted from the MCLE requirement:

a. The Executive

1. . . .;

2. . . .;

3. . . .;

4. . . .;

5. . . .;

b. . . ..

c. The Judiciary

 The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, incumbent and retired members of the judiciary, incumbent members of 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 legal education. HDCTAc

d. . . ..

e. . . ..

f. . . ..

g. . . ..

3) Section 12, MCLE Implementing Regulations

SECTION 12. Compliance Procedures. —

a. . . ..

b. . . ..

c. . . ..

d. . . ..

e. A member who is in non-compliance at the end of the compliance period shall pay a noncompliance fee of P1,000.00 and shall be listed as a delinquent member of the IBP by the IBP Board of Governors upon the recommendation of the MCLE Committee, in which case Rule 139-B of the Rules of 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

(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,

 

(SGD.) LUZVIMINDA D. PUNOClerk of Court

By:

 

(SGD.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMAAssistant Clerk of Court

MCLE Form No. 08

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION

This is to certify that ___________________________________, a member in good standing of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines ______________ Chapter with No. _______ in the Roll of Attorneys, is exempt from complying with the MCLE requirement for the first compliance period (April 15, 2001 to April 14, 2004) pursuant to Section ____, Rule 7 of Bar Matter No. 850 and Section 5 of the MCLE Implementing Regulations.

Given this _________ day of ____________ 200_ in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

________________

MCLE Chairperson

MCLE Form No. 09

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION

1. Name: _______________________ Roll No. ___________ IBP No. _________

2. Mailing Address: _________________________________________________

3. Telephone ____________; Telefax ____________; Email Address: __________

4. Ground for Exemption:

  Sec. 1, Rule 7; _____ Sec. 2 Rule 7; _____ Sec. 3, Rule 7:_____; Others: _____

5. State specific ground and/or justification:

 _______________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________

(Use separate sheet if necessary)

6. Required attachments of this application

a. Authenticated Certification from Office concerned (for Section 1 only)

b. Notarized Affidavit (for Section 2 only)

c. Notarized Medical Certificate/Certification (for illness and physical disability under Section 3)

d. Certificate of Admission and Acceptance (for post graduate studies abroad under Section 3).

e. Notarized explanation/justification (for proven expertise in laws and other similar grounds)

f. Payment of P1,000.00 as exemption fee

7. I hereby certify that the above information are true and complete to the best of my  knowledge. AaHDSI

 

________________________________	__________________
Printed Name and Signature of Applicant	Date

Note:

1. This application must be executed under oath and verified.

2. If the applicant is applying as a professor of law for ten years or more, he must submit a detailed official service record indicating the subject/s taught per semester since the start of his law teaching.

___________________________________________________________________

For the MCLE Committee only:

Action taken  Approved  Disapproved

Credit Unit/s awarded: __________________________________________________

Comments:______________________________________________________________________

(To be filed in six (6) copies)

MCLE Form No. 10

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

APPLICATION FOR CREDIT UNIT/S FOR PARTICIPATING IN MCLE ACTIVITY/PROGRAM AS LECTURER/RESOURCE SPEAKER OR PANELIST/REACTOR/COMMENTATOR/MODERATOR/COORDINATOR/FACILITATOR

1. Name: _______________________ Roll No. ___________ IBP No. _________

2. Mailing Address: _________________________________________________

3. Telephone ____________; Telefax ____________; Email Address: __________

4. Nature of Participation:

  Lecturer/Resource Speaker  Moderator/Coordinator/Facilitator

  Panelist/Reactor/Commentator  Others, Pls. Specify

5. Name of Provider: ________________________________________________

6. Address: _______________________________________, Tel. No. __________

7. Date, Time and Place of MCLE Activity: _________________________________

8. SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION

TOPIC	No. of HOURS	MCLE Subject	CREDIT
			UNIT/S
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________

9. Required attachments of this application:

 a. Certification from the Providers indicating the applicant's participation

10. I hereby certify that the above information are true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

 

________________________________	__________________
Printed Name and Signature of Applicant	Date

 

 

For the MCLE Committee only:

Action taken  Approved  Disapproved

Credit Unit/s awarded: __________________________________________________

Comments:________________________________________________________________________

(To be filed in six (6) copies)

MCLE Form No. 11

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

APPLICATION FOR CREDIT UNIT/S FOR TEACHING AT AN ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL

1. Name: _______________________ Roll No. ___________ IBP No. _________

2. Mailing Address: _________________________________________________

3. Telephone ____________; Telefax ____________; Email Address: __________

4. Full-time Faculty: __________________; Part-time Faculty: _______________

5. Name of the Law School: __________________________________________

6. Address: _________________________________________, Tel. No. ________

7. How many semester have you been teaching in the law school? _______________

8. SUMMARY OF CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS:

COURSE TITLE	UNIT	SEMESTER	MCLE
			CREDIT
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________

(Use separate sheet if necessary)

9. SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE TITLE	UNIT	SEMESTER	MCLE
			CREDIT
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________
________________________	____________	___________	_________

(Use separate sheet if necessary)

10. Required attachments of this application:

  a. Certification from the Dean of the Law School; and

  b. Authenticated list of the law subjects being taught per semesters.

11. I hereby certify that the above information are true and complete to the best of my knowledge. cDICaS

________________________________	__________________
Printed Name and Signature of Applicant	Date

For the MCLE Committee only:

Action taken

Approved

Disapproved

 

Credit Unit/s awarded: __________________________________________________

Comments:_______________________________________________________________________

(To be filed in six (6) copies)

MCLE Form No. 12

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

APPLICATION FOR CREDIT UNIT/S FOR

PUBLICATION OF LEGAL ARTICLE OR BOOK

1. Name: _______________________ Roll No. ___________ IBP No. _________

2. Mailing Address: _________________________________________________

3. Telephone ____________; Telefax ____________; Email Address: __________

4. Type of publication (Book, Pamphlet, Article, etc.) ________________________

5. Publication Date: _________________________________________________

6. Publication title and no. of pages _____________________________________

7. Legal Periodical in which the article was published: _______________________ _______________________________________________________________

8. Name and Address of Publisher: _______________________________________

9. Hours of Preparation (research, writing and editing): _______________________

10. Is the book/article personally authored by the applicant?

   Yes

   No

11. Is the book/article co-authored with another person?

   Yes

   No

 If yes, describe clearly the portions attributable to the applicant citing the pages, sections or paragraphs. _____________________(Use the reverse side or separate sheet if necessary).

12. What is/are the MCLE Subjects covered by the book/article? _________________

13. Does the book/article consist of repeating or re-working of material for which the applicant has previously received MCLE credit unit/s?

   Yes

   No

14. Required attachments of this application

  a. A copy of publication and certification from publisher

15. I hereby certify that this publication is my work product. I further certify that the

 above information are true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

________________________________	__________________
Printed Name and Signature of Applicant	Date

For the MCLE Committee only:

Action taken  Approved  Disapproved

Credit Units awarded: __________________________________________________

Comments:___________________________________________________________________________

(To be filed in six (6) copies)

MCLE Form No. 13

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that __________(NAME)__________ with Roll No. _______ of ___________(IBP CHAPTER)________ chapter, has complied with the required 36 credit units of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education under Bar Matter No. 850, per our records and his MCLE compliance report dated ___________________.

GIVEN THIS ______ day of ___________, at __________________________, Philippines. DcSACE

__________________________Director/Deputy Director