WASHINGTON STATE REGISTER

WSR 13-03-072

RULES OF COURT

STATE SUPREME COURT

[ January 10, 2013 ]

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO APR 11 - CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION REGULATION 107 (b)(1) - EXEMPTIONS, WAIVERS, MODIFICATIONS - JUDICIAL EXEMPTION. )
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ORDER
NO. 25700-A-1014

The Washington State Bar Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment APR 11 - Continuing Legal Education Regulation - 107 (b)(1) - Exemptions, Waivers, Modifications - Judicial Exemption, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined the need for expedited adoption;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendment as shown below hereto is adopted.

(b) That the amendment will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 10th day of January 2013.
     Madsen, C.J.

     C. Johnson, J.
     Stephens, J.

     Owens, J.
     Wiggins, J.

     Fairhurst, J.
     Gonzales, J.

     J.M. Johnson, J.
Sheryl Gordon McCloud, J.

REGULATIONS OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE MANDATORY
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION BOARD
Approved as Amended by
the Board of Governors

and Supreme Court

Regulation 107. Exemptions, Waivers, Modifications

(b) Judicial exemption.

(1) Qualified WSBA Judicial members, except for administrative law judges, are exempt from the continuing legal education requirement established by APR 11.

(1) Full-time. Full-time judges, magistrates, court commissioners, administrative law judges, and the Washington State Supreme Court clerk or assistant clerk, who are prohibited by statute, code, regulation, or court rule from practicing law, are exempt from the continuing legal education requirement established by APR 11. The exemption ends when the full-time judicial position ends, if the member is on active status with the WSBA.

(2) Part time. Part-time or pro tem judges, magistrates, court commissioners, administrative law judges, and court clerks who are active members of the WSBA, are fully subject to the requirements of APR 11.

Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the state supreme court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

	Madsen, C.J.
C. Johnson, J.	Stephens, J.
Owens, J.	Wiggins, J.
Fairhurst, J.	Gonzales, J.
J.M. Johnson, J.	Sheryl Gordon McCloud, J.