State Bar News, 0620 UTBJ, Vol. 33, No. 3. 53
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May, 2020
MCLE Compliance Update for the 2020 and 2021 Reporting Periods
2020 CLE COMPLIANCE REPORTING PERIOD
On March 12, 2020, the Supreme Court authorized the Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal Education "the Board" to suspend the traditional live in-person credit requirement for lawyers reporting in 2020, allowing all required CLE to be fulfilled with online self-study with audio or video presentations, webcasts or computer interactive telephonic programs for the compliance period ending June 30, 2020.
On April 13, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus, the cancellation of in-person CLE courses, and the uncertainty as to when in-person courses may resume, the Supreme Court authorized the Board to extend compliance deadlines for the compliance period ending June 30, 2020. Lawyers will have through September 1, 2020 to complete required CLE hours without paying late filing fees and will have through September 15, 2020 to file Certificate of Compliance reports without paying late filing fees.
2021 CLE COMPLIANCE REPORTING PERIOD
On April 13, 2020, the Supreme Court authorized the Board to suspend the traditional live in-person credit requirement for lawyers reporting in 2021, allowing all required CLE to be fulfilled with online self-study with audio or video presentations, webcasts or computer interactive telephonic programs for the compliance period ending June 30, 2021.
PLEASE NOTE: The 2020 Compliance Reporting Period Extension does not apply to the 2021 Compliance Reporting Period.
Bar Thank You
Many attorneys volunteered their time to grade essay answers from the February 2020 Bar exam. The Bar greatly appreciates the contribution made by these individuals. A sincere thank you goes to the following:
Miriam Allred
Mark H. Anderson
Rachel S. Anderson
Nathan Archibald
Mark Astling
P. Bruce Badger
Justin Baer
Megan K. Baker
J. Ray Barrios
Ari Barusch
Blake Bauman
Allison Behjani
David P. Billings
Melinda Birrell
Matt Boley
Sara E. Bouley
Matthew Brahana
Clinton R. Brimhall
Kendra Brown
Elizabeth Butler
Nicholas Caine
Kim S. Colton
Katie Conrad
Victor Copeland
Nicholas W. Cutler
Daniel Daines
Jeffrey Enquist
Nathan Evershed
L. Mark Ferre
Michael Ford
Steve Geary
Alisha Giles
Tony Graf
Michele Halstenrud
Matthew Hansen
David Heinhold
David P. Hirschi
Randy Hunter
Kevin Jeffs
William Jennings
Lloyd R. Jones
Michael Karras
Derek Langton
Tanya Lewis
Gregory E. Lindley
Amy Livingston
Nathan Lyon
Colleen K. Magee
Ryan Marsh
Leonard McGee
Antonio Mejia
Lewis Miller
Douglas M. Monson
Carlos Navarro
Alexis Nelson
Jason Nelson
Kimberly Neville
Jamie Nopper
Kara H. North
Ellen Ostrow
Kerry Owens
Justin Pendleton
Ian Quiel
Rick Robinson
Mark C. Rose
Keven M. Rowe
Scott R. Sabey
Leslie W. Slaugh
Scarlet Smith
James A. Sorenson
Marissa Sowards
Michael Stahler
Alan R. Stewart
Michael Swensen
W. Kevin Tanner
Mark Thornton
Stephen C. Tingey
Axel Trumbo
J. Kelly Walker
Jason Wilcox
Notice of Legislative Positions Taken by Bar and Availability of Rebate
Positions taken by the Bar during the 2020 Utah Legislative Session and funds expended on public policy issues related to the regulation of the practice of law and the administration of justice are available at www.utahbar.org/legislative. The Bar is authorized by the Utah Supreme Court to engage in legislative and public policies activities related to the regulation of the practice of law and the administration of justice by Supreme Court Rule 14-106 which may be found at www.utahbar.org/ utcourts_14-106. Lawyers may receive a rebate of the proportion of their annual Bar license fee expended for such activities during April 1, 2019 through March 30, 2020 by notifying Financial Director Lauren Stout at lauren.stout@utahbar.org.
The proportional amount of fees provided in the rebate include funds spent for lobbyists and staff time spent lobbying; a breakfast meeting with lawyer legislators; travel for the Bar’s three delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates; travel by Bar leadership to lobby in Washington DC with the American Bar Association; the Bar’s contribution to the Utah Center for Legal Inclusion; and Utah legislative lobbyist registration fees for the Bar’s Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director. The rebate amount will be calculated April 1, 2020 and we expect the amount to be consistent with prior years.
Mandatory Online Licensing and Extension of Late Fees
The annual online licensing renewal process will begin the week of June 8, 2020, at which time you will receive an email outlining renewal instructions. This email will be sent to your email address of record. Utah Supreme Court Rule 14-507 requires lawyers to provide their current e-mail address to the Bar. If you need to update your email address of record, please contact onlineservices@utahbar.org.
Renewing your license online is simple and efficient, taking only about five minutes. With the online system you will be able to verify and update your unique licensure information, join sections and specialty bars, answer a few questions, and pay all fees.
No separate licensing form will be sent in the mail.
You will be asked to certify that you are the licensee identified in this renewal system. Therefore, this process should only be completed by the individual licensee, not by a secretary, office manager, or other representative. Upon completion of the renewal process, you will receive a licensing confirmation email. If you do not receive the confirmation email in a timely manner, please contact licensing@utahbar.org.
License renewal and fees are due July 1 and will be late November 1. If renewal is not complete and payment...
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