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MCLE Resolution 01-2007

The Supreme Court of the Philippines' Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office passed Resolution No. 01-2007 to exempt lawyers aged 75 and above from MCLE requirements if they are not engaged in active law practice and allow them to perform notarial work. The resolution was passed due to many retirement-aged lawyers not wanting to give up their membership in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. It establishes conditions for the exemption including providing proof of age and undertakings not to actively practice law beyond notarial work.

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MCLE Resolution 01-2007

The Supreme Court of the Philippines' Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office passed Resolution No. 01-2007 to exempt lawyers aged 75 and above from MCLE requirements if they are not engaged in active law practice and allow them to perform notarial work. The resolution was passed due to many retirement-aged lawyers not wanting to give up their membership in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. It establishes conditions for the exemption including providing proof of age and undertakings not to actively practice law beyond notarial work.

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SUPNEME COUNT OF THE PI.

IILIPPINES
IUIANDATORY GOI{TINUING LEGAL EDUGATIOI{ OFFICE
4th Floot IBP Buitding
15 Dofra Julia Vargas Avenue
Giry

RESOLUTION NO. 01-2007

WHEREAS, there are several lawyer seventy-five (75) years and


above, who have filed applications for retirement irom liw'practice or
exemption from compliance with MCLE requirements for being no longer
in active law practice, private or public, under section 2 (a), nile z of Bar
Matter No. 850;

WHEREAS, section 22, Articte ll of the By-Laws of the Integrated


B.ar..ofthe Philippines, provides that any member in good standin! who
shall have attained the age of seventy-five years, or shall have been a
lawyer for forty years, or who shall by reason of physical disability is
unable to engage in the practice of law, may be retired fiom the Integrateo
Bar of the Philippines upon a verified petitioh to the Board of Govern6rs;

WHEREAS, those apprications for MCLE exemption or retirement


were fonrvarded to the IBP and are still awaiting action by the lBp Board of
Gover@rs' t
WHEREAS, the MCLE office has been flooded with follow-ups and
gue|9: from lawyers requesting for exemption but unwilling to retiie from
the IBP because they want to remain members of the Baifor the rest of
their lives;

WHEREAS, based on section 1, Rule 7 of Bar Matter No. gs0,


retired members of the judiciary are exempted with the MCLE
requirements even if some of them still engage in tire practice of law;

$uHrneroRE, aware of the plight of lawyer-retirees who refuse to


give up their IBP membership, the MCLE Governing Board finds it logical,
compassionate, and reasonable to exempt lawyers who are seventi_five
years old and above, from compliance with MCIE requirements and'atto*
them to perform notarial work only for a living;

WHEREFORE, pursuant to section 2 (a), Rule 7 of Bar Matter No.


850, the MCLE Governing Board resolved io'exempt lawyers aged 75
years and above who are not engaged in active law practice, pub'iic
and
private, after complying with the foregoing requirements subject to
the
following conditions:

(a) l5-f,ii,l''1ll,Jffl u3',',i1,,


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certificate of live birth from the Nationai Statistics Office
or any acceptable proof of age;
(b) An undertaking that he/shJwiil not be engaged in the
practice of law other than notarial work:
(c) Pay the MCLE exemption fee of P1,000.00 under
Section 15 (c) of the Mandatory Continuing Legal
Education lmplementing Regulations; and

(d) Pay IBP dues and other fees required by the IBP
Governing Board.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.

26 April 2007.

Approved:
MCLE Governing Board

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JOSE VTCENTE B. SALAZAR UEVA
Member, representin! tne lee Member, representing the
Philippine Judicial Academy

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DANILO L. CONCEPCION RES D. BAUTISTA


Member, representing the mber, representing the
U.P. Law Center Philippine Association of Law Schools

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