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24 B. Rep. 1 (1995-1996)

handle is hein.barjournals/breport0026 and id is 1 raw text is: Bar, Sections release fourth edition of D.C. Practice Manual Orders have been brisk for the recently-released District of Columbia Practice Manual, Fourth Edition, a joint project of the Bar's Sections and its Communications Office. The 1,000-plus page manual is a basic research guide for lawyers and includes a variety of forms and exhibits. The fourth edition makes revisions to 20 of the 30 chapters included in the third edition, orig- inally released in January 1994. Nearly 1,500 copies of that edition were sold. Fourth edition purchasers have the option of choosing a complete manual or a supplement for insertion into a third edi- tion consisting only of chapters that were revised. The publication is available for $125 plus $15 for shipping for the full manual and for $90 plus $10 shipping for the sup- plement. Purchasers of 20 or more copies are eligible for additional discounts. The Bar also sells individual chapters of the manual for $17 or $34, depending on the length of the particular chapter. Bulk prices also are available for purchases of 20 or more copies of a single chapter Individuals with questions concerning the publication or discount pricing should call Michele Poag at the D.C. Bar, 202fl37-4700, extension 268. Orders also may be placed by phone or fax using Visa or MasterCard. A standing-room-only audience of newly-admitted D.C. Bar members attended the mandatory course on the D.C. Rules of Prpfessional Conduct and District of Colum- bia practice held in early August. Completion of the course is required of all D.C. Bar members admitted since July 1, 1994. Bar members admitted since July 1994 face mandatory course deadline ny D.C. Bar members who may be planning to celebrate their one- year anniversary of admissions had better make sure they complete the Bar's mandatory course on the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct and D.C. Practice, or the party may have to be called off. Under D.C. Court of Appeals Rules, Bar members who do not complete the course within two months of their one-year anniversary date will face automatic sus- pension from the practice of law. The mandatory course for new admit- Deadline for Bar dues payment approaching By mid-September, several thou- sand D.C. Bar members who have not paid their 1995-96 dues will have received second notices along with a reminder that dues payments not post- marked within 30 days of those notices will result in the imposition of late fees. D.C. Court of Appeals Rules require all Bar members to complete their statement, sign it, and return it with dues payments for the year. Dues amounts are $105 for active members, $79 for inactive members, and $50 for judicial members. The late fee, applied for members who do not submit payment within 30 days of the second notice, is $20. A third notice is sent to members who do not respond timely to the September mail- ing. Those dues payments and late fees must be postmarked by November 30 in order for the member to avoid an automatic suspension from the practice of law. Indi- viduals ultimately suspended for nonpay- ment of dues or late fees are subject to an additional reinstatement fee of $50. In completing the registration statement, members may change their membership class. Members should consult Rule 49 of the D.C. Court of Appeals, on who must be an active member of the D.C. Bar, before changing their status. In completing their registration state- ments, active Bar members living in the Metropolitan Washington area are remind- ed to pay particular attention to their busi- ness address, since that address will be used when the Bar creates its 1996 Mem- bership Directory. Also on the registration statement is a request for member contributions to sup- port the work of the Bar's Public Service Activities Corporation (PSAC). The sug- gested amount is $50 but many members write in larger amounts. Contributions to PSAC are tax deductible. This dues statement also asks members to provide their particular racial or ethnic background, which is sought solely for internal D.C. Bar uses in order to enhance the Bar's continuing efforts to reflect diver- sity within its own programs and to provide aggregate demographic data. Members who have not received their statements should contact the Bar's Mem- bership Office at 202/626-3475. tees, which has been required of all D.C. Bar admittees since July 1, 1994, was pre- sented nine times during the past year. Many members completed the course in connection with their in-person swearing-in ceremony at the D.C. Court of Appeals. Today we will tell you what is unique to our D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct, which are different from other states where you may be admitted. We also want to make sure you are aware of the unique aspects of our courts and agency practice in the District, said Mary Frances Edwards, manager of the Bar's Office of Continuing Legal Education, in opening remarks to a capacity crowd of more than 300 attending the August 8 course. The courses are presented by the D.C. Bar's Office of Continuing Legal Educa- tion in conjunction with the court's swear- ing-in ceremonies, which require the new admittee to appear in person. Each newly-admitted member receives the course schedule in his or her admission certification packet. The D.C. Bar sends reminder notices to individuals who do not complete the course within 10 months of admission and second notices as of the new admittee's anniversary date of admission. Automatic suspension for noncompliance occurs two months after that 12-month notice. For the first group of individuals to come under the court's requirement, that would have been in early September. Upcoming offerings and locations are: October 3, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW; December 5, at the Washington D.C. Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW; and January 6, 1996, also at the Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW. For additional information, members may call 202/626-1315. MCLE, ethics training to be subject of fall referendum Having grappled for months with the subject of mandatory continu- ing legal education in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Bar's Board of Gov- ernors is making plans for a membership referendum on the subject this fall. The referendum was initiated by an April 7 request of 536 active members of the Bar who asked the Board to poll the membership to determine if it favors or opposes instituting mandatory continuing legal education in the District of Columbia. The Board had been discussing the subject of MCLE since receiving the report of its Task Force on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education this past January. The task force spent two years analyzing the concept before recommending that the Board endorse a comprehensive 36-hour program over three years including six hours on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Although the Board in April turned down the recommendations of its task force for a 36-hour requirement, it endorsed the con- cept of a smaller requirement of six hours of legal ethics and professional responsibility education over three years. In June, it reaf- firmed that commitment, and began to final- ize its plans to submit the question of mandatory continuing legal education to the membership. The D.C. Court of Appeals has the ultimate authority on whether such a requirement would be adopted. The referendum procedure, which pro- vides for questions of Bar policy to be for- warded to the membership for determina- tion, is set out in Rule VII of the D.C. Court of Appeals Rules Governing the Bar. Referendum ballots may be initiated by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Governors, by a resolution passed by at least 200 members assembled at an official meeting of the Bar, or by a petition of at least 300 active members. As Bar Report went to press, the Board was preparing final language for a referen- dum with a target mail date in early November. The schedule anticipates the final referendum language will be pub- lished initially in the October/November edition of Bar Report along with articles about the propositions. Ballots will be mailed directly to active members in early November and the results will be tabulated and reported in the December/January 1996 edition of Bar Report and transmit- ted to the D.C. Court of Appeals, along with the task force's report and the Board's action on that report and on mandatory legal ethics and professional responsibility education.

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