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The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a series of amendments to the Rules for Admission to the Bar and the Discipline of Attorneys addressing the use of funds and the membership of three groups governed by the rules.
The amendments to Rules 2(m), 23(6)(b), 29(4)(d) and 31(3)(b) each took effect July 1.
Rule 2(m) addresses the deposit and use of funds in the annual fees account. Under the amendment to Section (m)(2), “Funds from this account may be used for the operation of the Office of Judicial and Attorney Regulation, the Office of Admissions and Continuing Education, the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, and such efforts to benefit and improve the practice of law, the legal profession, or the delivery of legal services as the court may approve.”
The previous version of the rule provided that registration fees would be “periodically apportion(ed)” to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, ACE and JLAP.
Next, the amendments to Rule 23(6)(b) streamline the terms of the members of the Disciplinary Commission. Deleting previous language regarding varying term lengths, the rule now provides, “Members serve a five-year term that begins on July 1 of the year of appointment. A member appointed to fill the vacancy of an unexpired term serves until the end of the unexpired term.”
The terms of commissioners of the Commission for Continuing Legal Education were also adjusted in the amendment to Rule 29(4)(d). That rule now provides that commissioners will serve five-year terms beginning July 1 of the year of appointment, rather than beginning in January.
Likewise, in the amendment to Rule 31(3)(b), members of the JLAP Committee will now serve three-year terms that begin July 1 of the year of appointment, rather than in January. The amendment also removes language providing that committee vacancies be filled “as soon as practicable” and instead now says, “A member appointed to fill the vacancy of an unexpired term serves until the end of the unexpired term.”
The amendment order notes that the terms of the current CLE commissioners and JLAP committee members are extended to terminate “on the June 30 following the December 31 on which they would have expired under the previous version of the rule.”
All justices concurred.
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