d的必修课.C. 职业行为和地区规则
哥伦比亚特区澳门赌场官网事务所的执业澳门赌场官网
历史
2月23日, 1994, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals adopted a rule instituting a 强制性的课程 on the D.C. 职业行为准则 and District of Columbia Practice (“强制性的课程” or “Course”) for all attorneys admitted to the District of Columbia 酒吧 after July 1, 1994. 根据规则II, 《澳门赌场官网公会规则》第三条, all newly admitted attorneys must complete the Course within 12 months after the date of their admission to the 酒吧. Attorneys who fail to complete the Course within 60 days after issuance of a notice of noncompliance from the 酒吧 are automatically administratively suspended from active membership in the 酒吧 and may not practice law in the District of Columbia until they return to good standing.
The Court rule also directs the 酒吧 to present the Course at least six times a year and to establish procedures by which attorneys must comply with the Course requirement. FY 2020-21 was the 26th year in which the 强制性的课程 was administered.
On May 10, 1994, the 酒吧’s 董事会 of Governors adopted D.C. 澳门赌场官网公会章程第四条, which implemented the Court rule and established procedures for Course compliance, 选择合规, and reinstatement for attorneys who are administratively suspended for failure to comply with the requirement. 后来在1994年, the 董事会 amended Sections 3 and 4 of Article III of the Bylaws to include proof of compliance with the 强制性的课程 requirement as one of the conditions for reinstatement of new members who have been suspended for failure to pay dues or to register.
一九九八年五月, the 董事会 further amended the Bylaws to extend the Course requirement to other 酒吧 members as a condition of reinstatement, 身份变更, 或登记. 根据这些修订, the following members other than new admittees are subject to the requirement: those who have been inactive, 不活跃(退休), 或者自愿辞职5年以上, and who are seeking to switch or be reinstated to active status. This requirement also applies to individuals seeking to be registered in good standing, 但谁, 虽然有资格这样做, 没有在1972年澳门赌场官网公会统一时注册.
一九九九年一月, the 董事会 amended the Bylaws to extend the Course requirement as a condition of reinstatement for all members who have been suspended from the 酒吧 for five years or more for nonpayment of dues. These amendments also clarified that members admitted after July 1, 1994, who are suspended for nonpayment of dues before completion of the Course, 必须符合课程要求. Members covered by these categories (“other covered members”) must certify completion of the Course before reinstatement or 身份变更.
In October 2014, the Court of Appeals amended 规则48 on the limited practice of law by law students. 除其他规定外, 规则48, 修订的, provides that faculty members visiting for one year or less are permitted to function as supervising attorneys in law school clinical programs without becoming members of the 酒吧 provided that they: (1) are active members in good standing of the highest court of any state; (2) submit applications to the Court for a waiver of this rule; (3) are supervised by enrolled, active 酒吧 members; and (4) first complete the 强制性的课程. It further provides that visiting faculty members shall certify in their waiver applications that they have completed the 强制性的课程. The 规则48 amendment marks the first instance in which the Court has required a nonmember to certify completion of the 强制性的课程 requirement.
2015年4月, the 董事会 of Governors further amended Article III of the Bylaws to clarify that the 强制性的课程 requirement for “other covered members” applies to members in any status or combination of statuses other than active for five years or more who are seeking reinstatement or a change to active status.
2019年9月，D.C. 酒吧 introduced an online, on-demand presentation of the 强制性的课程. This version provides members the option to complete the Course remotely, no longer necessitating Alternative Compliance or Refresher Compliance to complete the 强制性的课程 requirement. 因此，D.C. 澳门赌场官网公会理事会修订了D.C. 酒吧’s Bylaws on September 15, 2020, to delete the provisions pertaining to these options.
