In re Revision of the Rules for Continuing Legal Education

Summary

This is a per curiam order of the Supreme Court of Montana in In re Revision of the Rules for Continuing Legal Education, No. 06-0163. The order amends Rule 4.A to require that one of the five ethics continuing-legal-education credits be satisfied by a program addressing the relationship between lawyers’ professional responsibilities and substance abuse, chemical dependency, or debilitating mental conditions, effective April 1, 2007.

Holdings

1. Rule 4.4 of the Montana Rules for Continuing Legal Education is amended to require that, of the five ethics credit hours required during each three-year reporting period, one hour address the relationship between a lawyer's professional responsibilities and substance abuse, chemical dependency, and debilitating mental conditions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Rule 4.4 of the Montana Rules for Continuing Legal Education should be amended to require ethics-related continuing legal education concerning substance abuse, chemical dependency, and debilitating mental conditions.

Disposition

approved