Opinion
Opinion delivered December 16, 1996
The Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board has recommended the adoption of a modification to the continuing legal education rules to provide relief for attorneys who are members of the National Guard or Reserves and are mobilized. We conclude that the following language should be added as an additional paragraph at the end of Rule 5.(D) of the Arkansas Rules and Regulations for Minimum Continuing Legal Education.
Attorney members of the National Guard or Reserves of any branch of the Armed Forces who are mobilized during the reporting period by Gubernatorial or Presidential order shall have an additional 180 days to meet each of the respective filing requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph. Such entitlement shall be based on appropriate documentation to establish the date of mobilization and the date of release from active duty.