RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR MANDATORY JUDICIAL CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR MANDATORY JUDICIAL CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
2012 OK 82
Case Number: SCAD-2012-63
Decided: 10/08/2012

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR MANDATORY JUDICIAL CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

O R D E R

Pursuant to our general superintending control over all inferior courts, Okla. Const., art. 7, § 4, and our general administrative authority over state courts, Okla. Const., art. 7, § 6, we hereby amend Rules 2, 3, and 5 of the Rules for Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S.2011, Ch. 1, App. 4-B. The amended rules are set out in the attachment hereto.

It is therefore ordered that the amended Rules for Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education are hereby approved and adopted and shall be effective immediately. It is further ordered that the Rules for Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education as amended shall be included in the official publication of the Oklahoma Statutes.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE on the 1st day of October, 2012.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

Taylor, C.J., Colbert, V.C.J., and Watt, Winchester, Reif, Combs, and Gurich, JJ., concur.

Kauger and Edmondson, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part.

Edmondson, J., with whom Kauger, J., joins, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I dissent only to the modification to Rule 5 carry over of credit hours.

Rule 2. Approved Courses for Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education.

The hours of Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education must be obtained by attendance at MJCLE courses or programs provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts, or a National Judicial College course, or any other program specially approved by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court for MJCLE. General continuing legal education programs or courses may not be used to satisfy the MJCLE requirement.

Rule 3. Judicial Continuing Education Programs at Meetings of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide MJCLE courses or programs at all meetings of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference, and at other times as scheduled by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall maintain records of those Judges and Justices attending MJCLE programs and courses provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Rule 5. Carryover of Credit-Hours to Subsequent Years.

Up to twelve (12) hours of judicial continuing legal education in excess of the annual required minimum may be carried forward for credit in the following calendar year. However, such hours must be reported in the annual report of compliance for the year in which they were completed and in each year the hours are carried forward. Hours carried forward must be designated as such on the annual report.