Opinion
No. 89-R-99011-SCT.
June 18, 2009.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court en banc on the Court's own motion to amend Regulation 4.14 of the Mississippi Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education to add "The National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law" and the "American Institute for Justice" as continuing legal education sponsors. After due consideration, the Court finds that the amendments, as hereinafter set forth, will promote the fair and effective administration of justice and that they should be adopted as set forth herein.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Regulation 4.14 of the Mississippi Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education is amended, effective July 1, 2009, as set forth in Exhibit A, hereto.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall spread this order upon the minutes of the Court and shall forward a true certified copy to West Publishing Company for publication as soon as practical in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter, Third Series (Mississippi Edition) and in the next edition of Mississippi Rules of Court.
SO ORDERED, this the 18th day of June, 2009.
Exhibit A RULE 4. ACCREDITATION Regulations
4.14 Continuing legal education activities sponsored by the following organizations (hereinafter referred to as Sponsors) are presumptively approved for credit, provided the standards set out in Regulations 4.1 through 4.13 are met.
Abbott Weems "Recent Mississippi Law" Accredited law schools (ABA or AALS) Alabama Institute for CLE American Academy of Hospital Attorneys American Academy of Judicial Education American Agricultural Law Association American Association of Railroad Trial Counsel American Bar Association and Bar Sections American Bankers Association (legal programs only) American Business Law Association American Board of Trial Advocates American College of Mortgages Attorneys American College of Probate Counsel American College of Real Estate Lawyers American College of Trial Lawyers American Corporate Counsel AssociationAmerican Institute for Justice American Institute on Federal Taxation American Intellectual Property Law Association American Judicature Society American Law Institute American Society for Law and Medicine Association of Insurance Attorneys Association of Trial Lawyers of America Bar Associations of Other States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Trust Territories Boackle, K.F. Bureau of National Affairs Central Mississippi Legal Services CLE International Commercial Law League of America Fund for Public Education Construction Education Management Corp. (legal programs only) Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Council of School Board Attorneys, MS School Boards Association Court Practice Institute, Inc. Credit Union National Association, Inc. (legal programs only) Cumberland School of Law Institute for CLE Defense Research Institute East Mississippi Rural Legal Services Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Edison Electric Institute Federal Bar Association Federal Energy Bar Association Federal Insurance Counsel Federal Judicial Center Federal Publications, Inc. Food Marketing Institute Government Institutes, Inc. Gulf Coast Law Institute International Association of Defense Counsel International Association of Insurance Council Jackson Young Lawyers Association Law Journal Seminars Press Legal Education Institute Legal Sections, agency programs — U.S. and state government Library of Congress — Legislative Service Library of Congress (American Law Division) Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Magnolia Bar Association Maritime Law Association Medi-Legal Institute Memphis Bar Association Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Mississippi Bar Association, and Bar Sections, Local, County and Regional Bar Associations in Mississippi Mississippi Chapter, Federal Bar Association Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Mississippi Institute of Continuing Legal Education Mississippi Judicial College Mississippi Law Institute Mississippi Legal Services Coalition Mississippi Municipal Attorneys Association Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association Mississippi Pro Bono Project Mississippi Prosecutors College Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
Mississippi Tax Institute Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Montgomery County, Maryland Bar Foundation Motor Carrier Lawyers Association National Association of Bond Lawyers National Association of Attorneys General National Association of College and University Attorneys National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel National Bar Association National Business Institute National College of District Attorneys National College of Juvenile Justice National Contract Management Association National District Attorneys Association National Employment Law Institute National Health Lawyers Association National Institute for Trial Advocacy National Institute of Municipal Law Officers National Judicial College National Legal Aid and Defender Association National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives National Practice Institute National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (legal programs only) New Mexico Trial Lawyers New Orleans Orthopaedic Clinic (legal programs only) New York University School of Continuing Education in Law Taxation North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Norton Institutes (CRR Publishing Co.) National Association of Bond Lawyers Patent Resources Group, Inc. Practicing Law Institute Prentice Hall Law and Business, Inc. Professional Education Systems, Inc. Professional Trial Lawyers Institute, Inc. Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Securities Industry Association (legal programs only) South Mississippi Legal Services Southeast Mississippi Legal Services Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Inc. Southern Federal Tax Institute, Inc. Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Southwestern Legal Foundation Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
The National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law The Southern California Tax Estate Planning Forum The Southern Trust School (Alabama) Transportation Lawyers Association Uniform Commercial Code Institute University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education U.S. League of Savings Association (legal programs only) U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education Veterans Administration (Office of General Counsel) Westcott Communications
Other Sponsors may be added to this list as their identities and programs are confirmed by the Commission.
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[Amended effective August 1, 1995; Regulations 4.7, 4.9 and 4.10 amended effective December 9, 2004 to allow limited use of approved on-line programs; amended effective July 1, 2009 to add two approved sponsors to Regulation 4.14.]