South Carolina Bar News February 2010 : Page 3

Commission on CLE proposes amendments to the Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law and Taxation Law Standards and Procedures At its recent meeting, the S.C. Supreme Court Commission on CLE and Specialization approved the specialization advisory boards’ amendments to the Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification for bankruptcy and debtor-credi- tor law and taxation law. The Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law Specialization Advisory Board proposed to amend the continuing legal education (CLE) requirement for certification and recertifica- tion by allowing a portion of the required credits to be obtained in trial advocacy courses. Currently, specialists and candidates for specialization must obtain all of the required hours exclusively through bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law specialization hours. The Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board proposed to amend its CLE requirement for recertification. Currently, to qualify for recertification applicants must earn a total of 150 hours of approved specialty credit in the five years since their original or latest certification. The proposed amendment reduces the CLE requirement to provide that 120 hours of approved specialty credit would be required for recertification. To become effective, all proposed amendments must be filed with and approved by the Supreme Court. The Commission requests that the amendments become effective immediately upon receipt of such approval. As amended, subparagraph II (C) and subparagraph IV (C) of the Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law Specialization Advisory Board Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification would provide: II. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION C. Continuing Legal Education-Minimum Requirements During the five (5) years preceding application for initial Board members elected No petitions were received seeking an officer, Board member or delegate seat. Therefore, the nominees presented by the Bar’s Nominating Committee have been elected. Those nomi- nated were A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. for President- Elect; Angus H. Macaulay for Treasurer; Alice F. Paylor for Secretary; Anne S. Ellefson for House of Delegates Chair; Thomas E. Pope, Roy F. Laney and Elizabeth B. York as Board members; and Rosalyn W. Frierson and Daniel B. White as ABA State Bar Delegates. Automatically succeeding to the office of President will be Carl L. Solomon. SC Bar News is published in February, April, June, October and December by the South Carolina Bar, P.O. Box 608, Columbia, SC 29202-0608. (803) 799-6653. www.scbar.org. The publication is provid- ed as a membership benefit to all Bar members. Copyright © 2010 South Carolina Bar. www.scbar.org Managing Editor Leigh Thomas lthomas@scbar.org Graphic Designer, Aldrena Corder SC Bar News 3 certification, applicants must have earned not less than sixty (60) hours of continuing legal education credit in trial advocacy courses and approved specialty courses directed to the subjects of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law; however, not more than fifteen (15) hours of the required sixty (60) hours of approved CLE credit may be in trial advocacy courses. IV. RECERTIFICATION C. To qualify for recertification, applicants must demon- strate the completion of a minimum of seventy-five (75) hours of approved specialty continuing legal education credit and trial advocacy courses in the five (5) years since their original or latest certification. Not more than fifteen (15) hours of the required seventy-five (75) hours of approved CLE credit may be in trial advocacy courses. As amended, subparagraph IV (C) of the Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification would provide: IV. RECERTIFICATION C. To qualify for recertification, applicants must demon- strate the completion of a minimum of one hundred twen- ty (120) hours of approved specialty continuing legal education in the five (5) years since their original or latest certification. Bar members may forward their comments/recommendations with respect to the proposed amendments to the Commission at P.O. Box 2138, Columbia, SC 29202 or by e-mail at commcle@bellsouth.net.

Commission on CLE proposes amendments to the Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law and Taxation Law Standards and Procedures

At its recent meeting, the S.C. Supreme Court Commission on CLE and Specialization approved the specialization advisory boards’ amendments to the Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification for bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law and taxation law. The Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law Specialization Advisory Board proposed to amend the continuing legal education (CLE) requirement for certification and recertification by allowing a portion of the required credits to be obtained in trial advocacy courses. Currently, specialists and candidates for specialization must obtain all of the required hours exclusively through bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law specialization hours. The Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board proposed to amend its CLE requirement for recertification. Currently, to qualify for recertification applicants must earn a total of 150 hours of approved specialty credit in the five years since their original or latest certification. The proposed amendment reduces the CLE requirement to provide that 120 hours of approved specialty credit would be required for recertification. To become effective, all proposed amendments must be filed with and approved by the Supreme Court. The Commission requests that the amendments become effective immediately upon receipt of such approval. As amended, subparagraph II (C) and subparagraph IV (C) of the Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law Specialization Advisory Board Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification would provide: II. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION C. Continuing Legal Education-Minimum Requirements During the five (5) years preceding application for initial certification, applicants must have earned not less than sixty (60) hours of continuing legal education credit in trial advocacy courses and approved specialty courses directed to the subjects of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law; however, not more than fifteen (15) hours of the required sixty (60) hours of approved CLE credit may be in trial advocacy courses. IV. RECERTIFICATION C. To qualify for recertification, applicants must demonstrate the completion of a minimum of seventy-five (75) hours of approved specialty continuing legal education credit and trial advocacy courses in the five (5) years since their original or latest certification. Not more than fifteen (15) hours of the required seventy-five (75) hours of approved CLE credit may be in trial advocacy courses. As amended, subparagraph IV (C) of the Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board Standards and Procedures for Certification, Recertification and Decertification would provide: IV. RECERTIFICATION C. To qualify for recertification, applicants must demonstrate the completion of a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) hours of approved specialty continuing legal education in the five (5) years since their original or latest certification. Bar members may forward their comments/recommendations with respect to the proposed amendments to the Commission at P.O. Box 2138, Columbia, SC 29202 or by e-mail at commcle@bellsouth.net

Board Members Elected

No petitions were received seeking an officer, Board member or delegate seat. Therefore, the nominees presented by the Bar’s Nominating Committee have been elected. Those nominated were A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. For President- Elect; Angus H. Macaulay for Treasurer; Alice F. Paylor for Secretary; Anne S. Ellefson for House of Delegates Chair; Thomas E. Pope, Roy F. Laney and Elizabeth B. York as Board members; and Rosalyn W. Frierson and Daniel B. White as ABA State Bar Delegates. Automatically succeeding to the office of President will be Carl L. Solomon.

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