Case Title: IN RE THE RULES OF CONTINUING LEGAL

Citation: 

Docket Number: 1fd3f6c7-b8d2-4a71-b6be-77394d02693b

State: montana

Court: Montana Supreme Court

Date: 2006-03-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

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INRE REVISION OF THE RULES FOR ) MAR 1 4 2006
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION ) ORDER
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(On February 23, 2006, Scott Burnham, Chair of the Montana Commission on
Continuing Legal Education (the Commission) filed a Petition on behalf of the Commission
proposing two rule changes to the 2001 Rules for Continuing Legal Education.

Specifically, the Commission proposed changing Rule 34 as follows:

‘A. Membership, Appointment, and Terms.

‘The Commission consists of nine (9) members, six (6) of whom shall be

‘admitted to practice law in the State of Montana, and 0-42) three (3) of

‘whom shall be residents of the State not admitted to the practice of law, and

‘one (bof whom shall-be-a paralegal member-of the State Bar of Montana:

Additionally, the Commission proposed changing Rule 6 of the 2001 Rules for
Continuing Legal Education as follows:

B. Accreditation and Accreditation Standards - General

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account of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, culture, social origin or

condition, or political or religious ideas.

Having reviewed the Rule changes, and good cause shown in the Petition:

IT IS ORDERED that the Commission’s Petition is GRANTED,

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the first sentence of Rule 3A of the 2001 Rules for
Continuing Legal Education is amended in the foregoing respects. Underlined language is
added and stricken language is deleted. In all other respects Rule 3A shall remain
unchanged.

 
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ITIS FURTHER ORDERED that Rule 6B of the 2001 Rules for Continuing Legal
Faucation shall be amended by adding thereto a subparagraph 6 in the foregoing respects by
adding all underlined language. In all other respects, Rule 6B shall remain unchanged.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthis Court shall give notice of this
Order by mail to Scott Burnham, Chair of the Montana Commission on Continuing Legal
aiucation; to Chris Manos, Executive Secretary of the State Bar of Montana with the request
thata copy of this Order be published in the next avaiable issue ofthe Montana Lawyer and
published tothe State Bar of Montana's website; and to Judy Meadows, State Law Librarian,
with the request that a copy of this Order be published tothe State Law Library's website.

DATED this \WAYBby of March, 2006.