SUPNEME COUNT OF THE PI.

IILIPPINES

IUIANDATORY GOI{TINUING LEGAL EDUGATIOI{ OFFICE

4th Floot IBP Buitding
15 Dofra Julia Vargas Avenue
Giry

RESOLUTION NO. 01-2007

WHEREAS, there are several lawyer seventy-five (75) years and

above, who have filed applications for retirement irom liw'practice or
exemption from compliance with MCLE requirements for being no longer
in active law practice, private or public, under section 2 (a), nile z of Bar
Matter No. 850;

WHEREAS, section 22, Articte ll of the By-Laws of the Integrated

the Philippines, provides that any member in good standin! who
shall have attained the age of seventy-five years, or shall have been a
lawyer for forty years, or who shall by reason of physical disability is
unable to engage in the practice of law, may be retired fiom the Integrateo
Bar of the Philippines upon a verified petitioh to the Board of Govern6rs;
B.ar..of

WHEREAS, those apprications for MCLE exemption or retirement

were fonrvarded to the IBP and are still awaiting action by the lBp Board of

Gover@rs' t

WHEREAS, the MCLE office has been flooded with follow-ups and

gue|9: from lawyers requesting for exemption but unwilling to retiie from
the IBP because they want to remain members of the Baifor the rest of
their lives;

WHEREAS, based on section 1, Rule 7 of Bar Matter No. gs0,

retired members

of the judiciary are exempted with the MCLE

requirements even if some of them still engage in tire practice of law;

$uHrneroRE, aware of the plight of lawyer-retirees who refuse to

give up their IBP membership, the MCLE Governing Board finds it logical,
compassionate, and reasonable to exempt lawyers who are seventi_five
years old and above, from compliance with MCIE requirements and'atto*
them to perform notarial work only for a living;
WHEREFORE, pursuant to section 2 (a), Rule 7 of Bar Matter No.
850, the MCLE Governing Board resolved io'exempt lawyers aged 75
years and above who are not engaged in active law practice, pub'iic
and
private, after complying with the foregoing requirements subject to
the
following conditions:

(a) l5-f,ii,l''1ll,Jffl

(b)

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certificate of live birth from the Nationai Statistics Office
or any acceptable proof of age;
An undertaking that he/shJwiil not be engaged in the
practice of law other than notarial work:

Pay the MCLE exemption fee of P1,000.00 under

Section 15 (c) of the Mandatory Continuing Legal

(c)

Education lmplementing Regulations; and

(d)

Pay IBP dues and other fees required by the

IBP

Governing Board.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.

26 April 2007.

Approved:
MCLE Governing Board

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+.flJOSE VTCENTE B. SALAZAR

Member, representin! tne lee

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Member, representing the
Philippine Judicial Academy

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DANILO L. CONCEPCION
Member, representing the
U.P. Law Center

RES D. BAUTISTA
mber, representing the
Philippine Association of Law Schools