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    Who Are Exempt From MCLE

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    A lawmaker has proposed a measure to exempt elected local government officials from mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements. The proposal notes that officials perform vital public service functions that require full attention. It also argues that local officials perform legislative roles similar to national legislators who are already exempt. Exempting local officials would allow them to fully focus on public service duties during their terms without having to comply with MCLE. The proposal urges Congress to recommend the Supreme Court exempt elected officers of provincial, city, and municipal governments from MCLE requirements.

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    A lawmaker has proposed a measure to exempt elected local government officials from mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements. The proposal notes that officials perform vital public service functions that require full attention. It also argues that local officials perform legislative roles similar to national legislators who are already exempt. Exempting local officials would allow them to fully focus on public service duties during their terms without having to comply with MCLE. The proposal urges Congress to recommend the Supreme Court exempt elected officers of provincial, city, and municipal governments from MCLE requirements.

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    A lawmaker has proposed a measure to exempt elected local government officials from mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements. The proposal notes that officials perform vital public service functions that require full attention. It also argues that local officials perform legislative roles similar to national legislators who are already exempt. Exempting local officials would allow them to fully focus on public service duties during their terms without having to comply with MCLE. The proposal urges Congress to recommend the Supreme Court exempt elected officers of provincial, city, and municipal governments from MCLE requirements.

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    A lawmaker has proposed a measure to exempt elected local government officials from mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements. The proposal notes that officials perform vital public service functions that require full attention. It also argues that local officials perform legislative roles similar to national legislators who are already exempt. Exempting local officials would allow them to fully focus on public service duties during their terms without having to comply with MCLE. The proposal urges Congress to recommend the Supreme Court exempt elected officers of provincial, city, and municipal governments from MCLE requirements.

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    Exemption of local officials from the mandatory continuing legal

    education pushed
    Writer: Ma. Victoria I. Palomar, Media Affairs and Public Relations Service
    19 January 2016 08:08:25 AM

    A lawmaker has filed a measure exempting the elected local government officials from taking the
    mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE).

    In House Resolution 2478, Rep. Jerry P. Treñas (Lone District, Iloilo City) said elected
    government officials are performing vital functions that require their full attention for the duration of
    their term as elected officials.

    Treñas said the House of Representatives recognizes the importance of mandating the members of the
    Philippine BAR to continually update themselves with the latest developments in law and jurisprudence
    through the MCLE.

    "The Revised Rules on the Continuing Legal Education for Members of the Integrated Bar of the
    Philippines was adopted by the Supreme Court through B.M. No. 850 to ensure that all members of
    the Integrated Bar are kept abreast with law and jurisprudence, to maintain the ethics of the
    profession and to enhance the standards of the practice of law," Treñas said.

    Treñas said B. M. (Bar Matter) No. 850 provides for the exempted individuals from the coverage of the
    MCLE, which includes, among others, the elected officials of the Republic including the President, Vice
    President, Senators, members of the House of Representatives, governors and mayors.

    Treñas, vice chair of the House Committees on Banks and Financial Intermediaries and Good
    Governance and Accountability, said the House of Representatives also recognizes the indispensable
    role of other elected officials in the provincial, city and municipal local government units, including the
    Vice Governors, Vice Mayors, Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and members of the
    Sangguniang Panlungsod.

    Treñas said the elected local government officials are also performing legislative functions similar to
    Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.

    "The vice governors and vice mayors sit as the presiding officers of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and
    Sangguniang Panlungsod respectively," said Treñas.

    Treñas said the duties of local government officials who are also members of the Integrated Bar
    preclude them from actively practicing their profession as lawyers.

    Treñas said the exemption from compliance with the MCLE during their term as elected officials of the
    provincial, city and municipal local governments will allow the concerned members of the Integrated
    Bar to fully devote themselves to public service.

    Treñas urged Congress to respectfully recommend to the Supreme Court of the Philippines to exempt
    elected officers of provincial, city and municipal local government units from compliance with the
    MCLE.
    http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=9284

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