IN RE: AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

IN RE: AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
2003 OK 83
Case Number: SCBD-4841
Decided: 10/09/2003

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

ORDER

¶1 Rule 2(d) of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S. 2001, ch. 1, app. 1-B currently provides:

"(d) An attorney sixty-five (65) years of age or older is exempt from all requirements of these rules except as provided in Rule 5."

¶2 Rule 5, of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S. Supp. 2002, ch. 1, app. 1-B currently provides:

"On or before February 15th of each year, every active member, under sixty-five (65) years of age, of the Oklahoma Bar Association shall report in such form as the MCLEC shall prescribe concerning his or her completion of accredited legal education during the preceding calendar year or exemption from the requirements of these rules. An attorney reporting attainment of age sixty-five (65) need only make one (1) such annual report."

¶3 To provide uniformity between the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education and the MCLE annual reporting form Rule 2(d) of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S. 2001, ch. 1, app. 1-B is hereby amended to provide:

"(d) An attorney who attains the age of sixty-five (65) years of age before or during the calendar year which is being reported is exempt from all requirements of these rules except as provided in Rule 5."

¶4 And Rule 5, of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S. Supp. 2002, ch. 1, app. 1-B is hereby amended to provide:

"On or before February 15th of each year, every active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, who did not attain age 65 before or during the preceding calendar year, shall report in such form as the MCLEC shall prescribe concerning his or her completion of accredited legal education during the preceding calendar year or exemption from the requirements of these rules. An attorney reporting attainment of age sixty-five (65) need only make one (1) such annual report."

¶5 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2003.