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PHILIPPINE JURISPRUDENCE FULL TEXT
The Lawphil Project Arellano Law Foundation
B.M. No. 1922 June 3, 2008
RE. NUMBER AND DATE OF MCLE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION/EXEMPTION REQUIRED IN ALL
PLEADINGS/MOTIONS
Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
B.M. No. 1922 June 3, 2008
RE. NUMBER AND DATE OF MCLE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION/EXEMPTION REQUIRED IN
ALL PLEADINGS/MOTIONS.
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated June 3, 2008
"Bar Matter No. 1922. – Re: Recommendation of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Board to Indicate in All Pleadings Filed with the Courts the Counsel’s MCLE Certificate of Compliance
or Certificate of Exemption. – The Court Resolved to NOTE the Letter, dated May 2, 2008, of
Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, Chairperson, Committee on Legal Education and Bar
Matters, informing the Court of the diminishing interest of the members of the Bar in the MCLE
requirement program.
The Court further Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Education and Bar
Matters, to REQUIRE practicing members of the bar to INDICATE in all pleadings filed before the
courts or quasijudicial bodies, the number and date of issue of their MCLE Certificate of Compliance
or Certificate of Exemption, as may be applicable, for the immediately preceding compliance period.
Failure to disclose the required information would cause the dismissal of the case and the
expunction of the pleadings from the records.
The New Rule shall take effect sixty (60) days after its publication in a newspaper of general
circulation." CaprioMorales Velasco, Jr., Nachura, JJ., on official leave. (adv216a)
Very truly yours,
MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA(sgd)
Clerk of Court
The Lawphil Project Arellano Law Foundation
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