Opinion
No. ORDER NO. 10-069.
December 8, 2010.
ORDER AMENDING MCLE RULE 5.2(c)(2).
At its public meeting on December 1, 2010, the court considered and approved a proposed amendment to Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Rule 5.2(c)(2) submitted by the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors to allow credit for non-stylistic editing of CLE publications. Deleted text is stricken and new text is underlined.
Rule 5.2(c) Legal Research and Writing.
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(2) The number of credit hours shall be determined by the MCLE Administrator, based on the contribution of the written materials to the professional competency of the applicant and other attorneys. One hour of credit will be granted for each sixty minutes of research and writing, but no credit shall be granted for time spent on stylistic editing.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Oregon State Bar Minimum Continuing Legal Education Rule 5.2(c)(2) is amended.
______________________ Paul J. De Muniz Chief Justice.