Purpose:

1. Keep abreast with law and jurisprudence.

2. Maintain the ethics of the profession.
3. Enhance the standards of the practice of law.

Members not exempt shall complete within three years at least 36 hours of continuing legal
education.

Credit units are either participatory or non participatory

Credit hours are computed based on actual time spent in an education in hours to the nearest one-
quarter hour reported in decimals.

Change of status:
The compliance period shall commence on the first day of the month in which a member
ceases to be exempt and ends the same day as the other compliance group.

Under oath and supported by documents.

Legal education program may be approved by:

1. The provider of the activity in an accredited provider and certifies that the activities meets
the criteria section 2 on this rule.
2. The provider is mandated by law to provide continuing legal education.

Standards:
1. The activity shall have significant current intellectual or practical content.
2. It must constitute an organized program for learning related to legal subjects and the
legal professions.
3. It must be conducted by a provider with adequate professional experience.
4. If the activity is more than 1 hour, written materials should be distributed.
5. Free from any interruption like telephone calls and other distraction.

Accreditation Providers shall be done by the MCLE Committee.

What constitutes non-compliance:

1. Failure to complete the education requirement within the compliance period.
2. Failure to provide attestation of compliance or exemption.
3. Failure to provide satisfactory evidence of compliance.
4. Failure to furnish of such compliance within 60 days from the receipt of non compliance.
5. Failure to pay non compliance.
6. Any other analogous acts.

Noncompliance:
- shall pay non-compliance fee
- Failure to comply after 60 days period for compliance has expired, shall be listed as a
delinquent member of the IBP
-shall continue to accrue at the active rate.

Members (five)
1. Retired justice of the supreme court
2. 4 members nominated by the ibp
 3. Phil JA
4. A law center designated by the SC
5. Associations of law schools

Took effect: Sept. 5, 2000

Adopted August 22, 2000

Bangalore Draft of 2002

Peace Palace The Hauge Nov. 25-26 2002

The Bangalore Draft is indented to be the Universal Declaration of Judicial Standards Applicable in all
judiciaries

Competent, independent, and impartial judiciary.

6 Canons
1. Independence
2. Integrity
3. Impartial
4. Proprietary
5. Equality
6. Competence and Diligence

Judicial Independence: a prerequisite to the rule of law and a fundamental guarantee of a fair trial.
A judge shall therefore uphold and exemplify judicial independence in both its individual and
institutional aspect.

Integrity: proper discharge of judicial office and personal demeanour of judges.

Impartiality: applies not only to the decision itself but also to the process by which he decision is
made.

Must disqualify himself:

1. Actual bias or prejudice
2. Previously served as a lawyer or material witness
3. Has an economic interest
4. Executor guardian
5. His ruling in lower court is the subject for review
6. Sixth degree and 4th degree
7. Financial interest

Proprietary: proprietary and appearance of propriety are essential to the performance of all the
activities of a judge.

Sec. 10 judges may:

1. Write, lecture, and participate in activities concerning the law, the legal system, the
administration of justice related matters.
2. Appear in public hearing before an official body concerned with matters relating to law.
 3. Engage in any activities that do not detract from the dignity of the judicial office.

Equality: ensuring equality of treatment to all before the courts is essential to the due performance
of the judicial office.

Competence and Diligence: are prerequisite to the due performance of judicial office.

Promulgated: april 27,2005

Took effect: june 1, 2004