Opinion
12-30-2020
IN RE MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION (FURTHER RESPONSE TO COVID-19)
ORDER
In further response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extraordinary circumstances that have arisen as a result, the Court orders as follows:
The requirement in Articles IV and VI of the Supreme Court Rules that attorneys and judicial officers complete ten (10) hours of continuing legal education remain suspended for the 2021 reporting year. Accordingly, in addition to the relief afforded attorneys and judicial officers by the Court's order In re Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (Response to COVID-19) issued on April 30, 2020, attorneys and judicial officers are relieved of the obligation to complete continuing legal education credits for the 2021 reporting year. All legal education credits earned in the 2020 and 2021 reporting years as well as excess credits set to expire in the 2020 and 2021 reporting years may be used to satisfy legal education requirements for the 2022 reporting year.
In addition, the Rhode Island Bridge the Gap requirement in Article IV remains suspended. Newly admitted attorneys required to file proof of their attendance at the Rhode Island Bridge the Gap course by June 30, 2020 and by June 30, 2021 shall have until June 30, 2022 in which to file.
Entered as an Order of this Court this 30th day of December 2020.