Posted: April 5, 2018
Rules Governing the State Bar and Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioner – Comment Period Closed May 20, 2018
The proposed rules apply to Licensed Paralegal Practitioners. Rule 14-403 amends the membership of the MCLE Board to permit up to 2 Licensed Paralegal Practitioners to serve on the MCLE Board. Rules 15-401 through 15-417 create continuing education requirements for Licensed Paralegal Practitioners that are similar to the MCLE Rules for attorneys. The rules require 12 hours of continuing education every two years which must include three hours of ethics and professionalism. The licensed paralegal practitioner is required to use the same certification process used by attorneys at the end of the two-year cycle to certify they have attended the appropriate CLE courses.
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The revised version of Utah Code of Judicial Administration 11-101, effective May 1, 2018, provides, at the end of Subsection (4) that “No lawyer may serve more than two consecutive terms on the committee unless appointed by the Supreme Court as the committee chair or as an institutional or court representative (e.g. an academician, judge, recording secretary, etc.) or when justified by exceptional circumstances.” I suggest that similar language be added to Rule USB14-403 for the MCLE Board.