Ohio Gov.Bar R. X

Section 1. Purpose; Construction.

(A) The purpose of this rule is to maintain and improve the quality of legal and judicial

services in Ohio by requiring continuing legal education for Ohio attorneys and regulating the

provision of continuing legal education to Ohio judges.

(B) This rule and regulations adopted under authority of this rule by the Supreme Court

Commission on Continuing Legal Education shall be construed liberally to accomplish the purpose

of this rule.

(C) As used in this rule, “judge” includes the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme

Court.

Section 2. Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

(A)(1) There is hereby created the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal

Education, consisting of nineteen members appointed by the Supreme Court, as follows:

(a) Twelve attorneys licensed to practice law in Ohio, one from each appellate district;

(b) One dean or member of a law faculty engaged in full-time legal education in an

Ohio law school;

(c) Five judges;

(d) One member who shall not be an attorney.

(2) Terms of office shall be three years. Members shall be eligible for reappointment,

but shall not serve more than two full terms. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior

to the expiration of the term shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term. If an attorney

member no longer resides or practices in the district from which the attorney is appointed, if the

educator or dean member is no longer engaged in full-time legal education in an Ohio law school,

or if a judge member leaves office, the member shall be disqualified and a vacancy shall occur.

(3) Each year, the Commission shall elect a chair, a vice-chair, and other officers as are

necessary. The Commission shall meet at the call of the chair or upon written request of a majority

of the members. A majority of the members duly appointed and qualif ied constitutes a quorum.

No action shall be taken by the Commission without the concurrence of a majority of the members

constituting a quorum at that meeting.

(4) Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses

incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(5) The Secretary of the Commission shall notify the Chief Justice and the

Administrative Director of the Supreme Court if a member misses three meetings of the

Commission within a twelve-month period. Upon such notice, the Administrative Director shall

inform the Justices of the Supreme Court in order that the Justices may consider the replacement

of the member.

(B)(1) The Commission shall administer the continuing legal education requirements of

this rule and Rule IV of the Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio, including

promulgating regulations and performing other administrative functions necessary to carry out the

duties of the Commission.

(2) The Director of Attorney Services or the Director’s designee shall serve as

Secretary of the Commission.

(3) The Commission shall accredit continuing legal education programs, activities, and

sponsors and establish procedures for accreditation. The Commission, by regulation, may assess

reasonable application fees for accreditation, sponsors that submit a program or activity for

accreditation, or both.

(4) The Commission shall accredit mayor’s court continuing education courses and

sponsors pursuant to the Mayor’s Court Education and Procedure Rules and establish procedures

for accreditation.

(5) The Commission shall establish procedures for awarding credits toward the

completion of the continuing legal education requirements of this rule and Gov. Jud. R. IV.

(6) The Commission shall endeavor to make accredited programs and activities on a

variety of subjects available at a reasonable cost to attorneys and judges in all areas of the state.

(7) The Commission shall not sponsor programs and activities for continuing legal

education.

(8) The Commission shall report, at least annually, to the Supreme Court concerning

the activities of the Commission and the status of continuing legal education in the state.

(C) Commission operations shall be funded by the Attorney Services Fund established

pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI. All fees collected pursuant to this rule shall be deposited in the

Attorney Services Fund.

(D) At the request of the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court, the Secretary

of the Commission shall prepare and submit a proposed budget for approval by the Supreme Court.

(E) Records of the Commission shall be public records.

Section 3. Continuing Legal Education Requirements for Attorneys.

(A) Total credit hours. Each attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state and

each attorney registered for corporate counsel status pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 6 shall

complete a minimum of twenty-four credit hours of continuing legal education for each biennial

compliance period.

(B) Professional conduct credit hours. As part of the minimum twenty-four credit

hours of continuing legal education required by division (A) of this section, each attorney admitted

to the practice of law in this state and each attorney registered for corporate counsel status shall

complete a minimum of two and one-half credit hours of instruction on one or any combination of

the following professional conduct topics:

(1) Legal ethics, which shall include instruction on the Ohio Rules of Professional

Conduct;

(2) Professionalism, which shall include instruction on the role of attorneys in

promoting ethics and professionalism among attorneys by facilitating compliance with the

requirements of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, “A Lawyer’s Creed,” “A Lawyer’s

Aspirational Ideals,” and the “Statement Regarding the Provision of Pro Bono Legal Services by

Ohio Lawyers” adopted by the Supreme Court;

(3) Alcoholism, substance abuse, or mental health issues, which shall include

instruction on any of their causes, prevention, detection, and treatment alternatives, as applicable;

(4) Access to justice and fairness in the courts and how these issues impact public trust

and confidence in the judicial system and the perception of justice in Ohio, which shall include

instruction on one or any combination of the following topics:

(a) Interacting with self-represented litigants;

(b) Encouraging pro bono representation;

(c) Accommodating language interpretation;

(d) Assuring fairness in matters of race, ethnicity, foreign origin, religion, gender,

sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic status, or other relevant topics.

(C) Single or multiple programs or activities. The instruction related to professional

conduct required by division (B) of this section may be obtained in a single program or activity or

in separate programs or activities that include one or more of the subjects set forth in that division.

Section 4. Biennial Compliance Periods.

An attorney whose last name begins with a letter from A through L shall complete the

number of continuing legal education credit hours required by Section 3 of this rule on or before

December 31st of each odd-numbered year. An attorney whose last name begins with a letter from

M through Z shall complete the number of continuing legal education credit hours required by

Section 3 of this rule on or before December 31st of each even-numbered year. If the name of an

attorney changes after the attorney is admitted to the practice of law or registers for corporate

counsel status pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 6, the attorney shall remain in the same

alphabetical grouping for purposes of meeting the requirements of this section.

Section 5. Allowance of Credit Hours.

(A) Amount of credit hours. Sixty minutes of actual instruction or other approved

activity shall constitute one credit hour. Thirty minutes of actual instruction or other approved

activity shall constitute one-half credit hour.

(B) Continuing legal education teaching credit. The Supreme Court Commission on

Continuing Legal Education may allow up to three credit hours to an instructor for each credit hour

taught in an approved continuing legal education program or activity the first time the program or

activity is presented by that instructor, two credit hours for each credit hour taught as part of a

panel presentation in an approved program or activity the first time the program or activity is

presented by that instructor, and one credit hour for each credit hour taught in subs equent

presentations of the same program or activity by that instructor, with a maximum of one-half the

required credit hours for teaching during the biennial compliance period.

(C) Law school teaching credit.

(1) As used in this section, “semester credit hour” means the number of academic

credit hours received by a student for successfully completing a specific higher education course.

(2) The Commission may allow three credit hours for each semester credit hour taught

by an adjunct or part-time professor for a course that is part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or

Ph.D. program at a law school accredited by an accrediting agency the first time the course is

taught by that professor and one-half credit hour for each semester credit hour the course is

subsequently taught by that professor.

(3) The Commission may allow one-half credit hour for each semester credit hour

taught by a full-time professor at a law school accredited by an accrediting agency for a course

that is part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or Ph.D. program.

(4) Prorated credit may be granted for quarter or trimester hours.

(D) Publication of article or book credit. The Commission may allow up to twelve

credit hours for the publication of an article or book personally authored by the applicant, with a

maximum of twelve credit hours for publications during a biennial compliance period.

(E) Law school course credit. The Commission may allow three credit hours for each

semester credit hour of a course taken as part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or Ph.D. program

at a law school accredited by an accrediting agency. Prorated credit may be granted for quarter or

trimester hours.

(F) Mayor’s court education credit. The Commission may allow one credit hour for

every two credit hours of accredited mayor’s court education completed by an attorney for the

purpose of serving as a mayor’s court magistrate pursuant to R.C. 1905.05.

(G) Pro bono credit.

(1) As used in this rule, “pro bono legal service” means legal service provided either

to a person of limited means or to a charitable organization.

(2) The Commission may allow one credit hour for every six hours of pro bono legal

service performed, with a maximum of six credit hours for service performed during a biennial

compliance period, provided the legal service is assigned, verified, and reported to the Commission

by any of the following:

(a) An organization receiving funding for pro bono programs or services from the

Legal Services Corporation or the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation;

(b) A metropolitan or county bar association;

(c) The Ohio State Bar Association;

(d) The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation;

(e) Any other organization recognized by the Commission as providing pro bono

programs or services in Ohio.

(H) Ohio precinct election official credit.

(1) As used in this rule, “ precinct election official” means an attorney who has

completed the precinct election official training required by a county board of elections and worked

for that county board of elections as a precinct election official, voting location manager, ballot

tabulator supervisor, paper ballot specialist, or field technician in Ohio on election day.

(2) The Commission may allow four credit hours for each election in which an attorney

serves as a precinct election official, with a maximum of twelve credit hours for service performed

during a biennial compliance period.

(3) Unless there is good cause shown, an attorney shall serve for a full day as a precinct

election official on election day to be awarded the credit.

(4) If an attorney has already completed the precinct election official training required

by a county board of elections and the attorney is not required to complete the training to serve as

a precinct election official on election day, to earn credit the attorney shall complete at least three

hours of election training offered by the office of the Secretary of State of Ohio, subject to the

following requirement and limitation:

(a) The training shall include statutory law and case law related to Ohio elections;

(b) The attorney may not also receive general continuing legal education credit if the

activity has been separately approved for such credit.

(5) The office of the Secretary of State of Ohio shall verify the attorney’s completion

of the precinct election official training and service as a precinct election official and shall report

attendance credit in a manner approved by the Commission.

(6) Judges and magistrates shall not be eligible to receive the credit.

(I) Ohio General Assembly member credit.

(1) The Commission may allow up to two credit hours for each calendar year in which

an attorney serves as a member of the Ohio General Assembly.

(2) Prorated credit may be granted for service of a partial term.

Section 6. Standards for Granting Credit Hours.

In establishing standards for the granting of credit hours for continuing legal education

programs or activities, the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education shall

consider all of the following:

(A) The program or activity shall have significant intellectual or practical content and

the primary objective shall be to improve the participant’s professional competence as an attorney

or judge;

(B) A program or activity for attorneys shall be an organized program of learning

dealing with matters directly related to the practice of law, professional responsibility or ethical

obligations, law office economics, or similar subjects that promotes the purp oses of this rule. A

program or activity for judges shall be an organized program of learning dealing with matters

directly related to the law or judicial administration that promotes the purposes of Gov. Jud. R. IV.

(C) The program or activity may consist of live instruction or other methods as

approved in advance by the Commission, including the use of self-study materials, and that are

prepared and conducted by an individual or a group qualified by practical or academic experience;

(D) The program or activity shall be presented in a setting physically suited to the

educational activity of the program or activity;

(E) The program or activity shall include thorough, high-quality written materials.

Section 7. Proration of Credit Hours.

(A) Attorney who becomes subject to rule during biennial compliance period. An

attorney who becomes subject to this rule during a biennial compliance period may have the

continuing legal education requirements under Section 3 of this rule prorated by the Supreme Court

Commission on Continuing Legal Education pursuant to CLE Regula tion 305 for the biennial

compliance period in which the attorney is subject to this rule.

(B) Former inactive or retired attorney. Upon registration as active, an attorney who

was registered as inactive pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 5 or as retired pursuant to former

Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 3 may have the attorney's continuing legal education requirements under

Section 3 of this rule prorated pursuant to CLE Regulation 305 for the biennial compliance period

in which the attorney registers as active.

(C) Attorney with military exemption. An attorney who is granted a military exemption

pursuant to Section 12(A)(1) of this rule and whose exemption is terminated may have the

attorney's continuing legal education requirements under Section 3 of this rule prorated pursuant

to CLE Regulation 305 for the prorated period in which the exemption ends.

(D) Attorney exempt from rule for more than two years. An attorney who was exempt

for at least two years from the requirements of this rule pursuant to Section 12(A) of this rule may

have the attorney's continuing legal education requirements prorated pursuant to CLE Regulation

305 for the biennial compliance period in which the exemption ends.

Section 8. Carryover of Credit Hours.

If the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education determines that an

attorney has timely completed in a biennial compliance period more than the number of continuing

legal education credit hours required by Section 3 of this rule, the Commissio n may apply a

maximum of twelve general credit hours to the next biennial compliance period.

Section 9. Newly Admitted Attorneys.

(A) Exemption from continuing legal education requirements. An attorney newly

admitted to the practice of law shall be exempt from the continuing legal educational requirements

of Section 3 of this rule during the attorney's first biennial compliance period, provided that if the

attorney is admitted to the practi ce of law during the second year of the attorney’s biennial

compliance period, the attorney shall be exempt during the biennial compliance period that follows

the attorney’s year of admission. However, the attorney shall complete the New Lawyers Training

instruction in accordance with Section 14 of this rule by the deadline set forth in this division.

(B) Exemption from New Lawyers Training.

(1) The following newly admitted attorneys shall be exempt from the New Lawyers

Training instruction requirements of Section 14 of this rule, but shall otherwise comply with the

applicable requirements of this rule:

(a) An attorney registered as inactive pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 5;

(b) An attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio pursuant to Gov. Bar R. I,

Section 10;

(c) An attorney temporarily admitted to the practice of law in Ohio pursuant to Gov.

Bar R. I, Section 18;

(d) An attorney registered as corporate counsel pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 6.

(2) Upon approval by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education, attorneys on

full-time military duty who received an exemption for two biennial compliance periods pursuant

to Section 12 of this rule may be exempted from the requirements of the New Lawyers Training

instruction requirements, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of this rule.

(C) Attorney previously registered as inactive. If an attorney has been exempt from the

continuing legal educational requirements of Section 3 of this rule because the attorney has been

registered as inactive and subsequently registers as active, the attorney shall complete the New

Lawyers Training instruction in accordance with Section 14 of this rule by the end of the biennial

compliance period in which active status is reinstated or, if the attorney’s exemption ends on or

after July 1st of the second year of the attorney’s biennial compliance perio d, by the end of the

next biennial compliance period.

(D) Termination of exemption. If an attorney has been granted an exemption by the

Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education pursuant to Section 12(A) of this rule,

which exempts the attorney from completing the New Lawyers Training instruction in accordance

with Section 14 of this rule, and the exemption is subsequently terminated, the attorney shall

complete the New Lawyers Training instruction by the end of the biennial compliance period in

which the exemption is terminated or, if the exemption ends on or after July 1st of the second year

of the attorney’s biennial compliance period, by the end of the next biennial compliance period.

Sections 10 and 11. RESERVED

Section 12. Exemptions.

(A) Exemption by Commission. Upon approval by the Supreme Court Commission on

Continuing Legal Education, the following attorneys may be exempted from the requirements of

Section 3 of this rule:

(1) An attorney on full-time military duty who does not engage in the private practice

of law in Ohio;

(2) An attorney suffering from severe, prolonged illness or disability preventing

participation in accredited continuing legal education programs and activities for the duration of

the illness or disability;

(3) An attorney who has demonstrated special circumstances unique to that attorney

and constituting good cause to grant an exemption for a period not to exceed one year and subject

to any prorated adjustment of the continuing legal education requirements;

(4) An attorney who is suspended pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 10.

(B) Practice pending admission, temporary certified attorney, foreign legal consultant,

or pro hac vice admitted attorney. A person designated as practice pending admission pursuant to

Gov. Bar R. I, Section 19, certified to practice law temporarily pursuant to Gov. Bar R. IX,

registered as a foreign legal consultant pursuant to Gov. Bar R. XI, or registered for pro hac vice

admission pursuant to Gov. Bar R. XII shall be exempt from the requirements of this rule.

(C) Federal judges and magistrate judges. The following attorneys shall be exempt

from the requirements of this rule while in office upon notification from and in the manner

authorized by the Commission:

(1) United States judges appointed to office for life pursuant to Article III of the United

States Constitution;

(2) United States bankruptcy judges;

(3) United States magistrate judges.

(D) Inactive and retired attorneys. An attorney registered as inactive pursuant to Gov.

Bar R. VI, Section 5 or as retired pursuant to former Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 3 shall be exempt

from the requirements of this rule.

Section 13. Disciplined Attorneys.

An attorney against whom a definite or an indefinite suspension is imposed pursuant to

Gov. Bar R. V shall complete one credit hour of continuing legal education for each month, or

portion of a month, of the suspension. As part of the total credit hours of continuing legal education

required under this section, the attorney shall complete one credit hour of the instruction related to

professional conduct required by Section 3(B) of this rule for each six months, or portio n of six

months, of the suspension.

Section 14. New Lawyers Training.

(A) Requirement.

(1) Each attorney newly admitted to the practice of law shall complete a minimum of

twelve credit hours of New Lawyers Training instruction in the time frame set forth in Section

9(A) of this rule. The twelve credit hours of instruction shall include both of the following:

(a) Three credit hours of instruction in professionalism, law office management, and

client fund management consisting of sixty minutes of instruction on topics related to professional

conduct, professional relationships, obligations of attorneys, or aspiratio nal ideals of the

profession; sixty minutes of instruction on topics related to fundamental law office management

practices; and sixty minutes of instruction on topics related to client fund management;

(b) Nine credit hours of instruction in one or more substantive law topics that focus on

handling legal matters in specific practice areas.

(2) An attorney newly admitted to the practice of law may satisfy the New Lawyers

Training instruction requirement of division (A)(1) of this section by participating in and

successfully completing the Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program, provided the

attorney also completes three credit hours of instruction on professionalism, law office

management, and client fund management as required in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.

(B) Approval of activity. To be approved by the Supreme Court Commission on

Continuing Legal Education as a New Lawyers Training activity, the activity shall satisfy the

following standards, together with any other standards as established by regulation of the

Commission:

(1) The activity shall consist of live instruction in a setting physically suited to the

educational activity of the program;

(2) The activity shall be a minimum of thirty minutes in length;

(3) The activity shall include thorough, high-quality, written materials that emphasize

and include, if applicable, checklists of procedures to follow, practical instructions, and forms with

guidance as to how they should be completed and when they should be used.

(C) Carryover hours. An attorney subject to Section 9(A) of this rule who completes

more than the number of New Lawyers Training credit hours required under division (A)(1) of this

section may be awarded a maximum of twelve general credit hours to the next biennial compliance

period.

(D) Awarding of general credit hours. The Commission may award one-half credit

hour of continuing legal education for every thirty minutes of New Lawyers Training instruction

completed by an attorney not subject to Section 9(A) of this rule.

Section 15. Accreditation of Programs and Activities.

(A) Accreditation procedures. The Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal

Education shall establish and publish written procedures for accreditation of continuing legal

education programs and activities.

(B) Accreditation term. The Commission may establish the term for which the

accreditation of a continuing legal education program or activity is effective. The Commission

may renew accreditation of a program or activity.

(C) Application decision. The Commission shall render a decision on an application

for accreditation of a continuing legal education program or activity within forty-five days after

the date the Commission receives a completed application.

(D) Prior approval. The Commission may require prior approval of a continuing legal

education program or activity.

(E) Accreditation of out-of-state or national program or activity. The Commission

may accredit continuing legal education programs and activities of other states or national or state

legal organizations.

(F) Automatic accreditation. The Commission may grant automatic accreditation for

continuing legal education programs and activities offered by established sponsors, provided that

the Commission shall monitor those programs and activities.

(G) Notice and explanation of denial. The Commission shall notify a continuing legal

education program or activity sponsor if accreditation is not granted and explain the reasons for

denial.

(H) Calendar of programs and activities. The Commission shall maintain a calendar

of accredited continuing legal education programs and activities and shall make the calendar

available on a regular basis.

(I) Political involvement. The Commission shall not accredit a continuing legal

education program or activity, any proceeds from which are to be used to support a political party,

political action committee, campaign committee of a candidate for public office, or candidate for

public office.

Section 16. Evaluation of Programs and Activities.

(A) Procedures for evaluation. The Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal

Education shall establish procedures for evaluating continuing legal education programs and

activities offered under this rule.

(B) Commission attendance at program or activity. Commission representatives may

attend any continuing legal education program or activity without notice or fee to evaluate the

program or activity. No credit hours shall be awarded for attendance to evaluate a program or

activity.

(C) Revocation of accreditation. The Commission may revoke accreditation for

failure to comply with the requirements of this rule, regulations adopted pursuant to this rule, or

for other good cause shown. An attorney or judge who attends an accredited continuing legal

education program or activity for which accreditation is later revoked shall receive credit, provided

the attendance occurred prior to notice of revocation.

Section 17. Sanctions for Failure to Comply.

(A) Continuing legal education requirements. An attorney who fails to satisfy the

applicable requirements of this rule, except for failure to complete the New Lawyers Training

instruction as required by Section 14 of this rule, or a full-time judge, part-time judge, retired

judge, magistrate, or acting judge who fails to satisfy the applicable mandatory continuing legal

education requirements of this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV shall be subject to one or both of the

following sanctions:

(1) A monetary penalty;

(2) Suspension from the practice of law.

(B) New Lawyers Training requirements. An attorney who is required to complete the

New Lawyers Training instruction as required by Section 14 of this rule and who, without good

cause, fails to complete the requirements shall be suspended from the practice of law.

(C) Sanctions. When imposing a sanction for professional misconduct pursuant to Gov.

Bar R. V, a monetary penalty imposed under this section shall not be considered as prior discipline

but a suspension shall be considered as prior discipline.

Section 18. Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Comply with Biennial

Compliance Period.

(A) Failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements.

(1) An attorney, magistrate, or judge who fails to meet the applicable requirements of

this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV, but does so within ninety days of the deadline set forth in Section 4

of this rule, shall be assessed a late fee in accordance with the late fee schedule in CLE Regulation

503.

(2) An attorney, magistrate, or judge who fails to meet the applicable requirements of

this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV shall be notified of the apparent noncompliance by the Supreme Court

Commission on Continuing Legal Education. The Commission shall send notice of the apparent

noncompliance by regular mail to the attorney, magistrate, or judge at the most recent address

provided by the attorney, magistrate, or judge to the Office of Attorney Services. The notice shall

inform the attorney, magistrate, or judge that the attorney, magist rate, or judge will be subject to

one or both of the sanctions set forth in Section 17 of this rule unless, on or before the date set

forth in the notice, the attorney, magistrate, or judge either files evidence of compliance with the

applicable requirements of this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV or comes into compliance. The attorney,

magistrate, or judge shall come into compliance by taking sufficient credit hours to meet the

requirements and paying the late fee set forth in CLE Regulation 503 by the date set f orth in the

notice of apparent noncompliance.

(3) If an attorney, magistrate, or judge does not file evidence of compliance or come

into compliance on or before the date set forth in the notice, the attorney, magistrate, or judge shall

be subject to sanction as set forth in Section 17 of this rule. The C ommission shall send the

sanction order by certified mail to the attorney, magistrate, or judge at the most recent address

provided by the attorney, magistrate, or judge to the Office of Attorney Services. The Supreme

Court Reporter shall publish notice o f the Commission’s sanction orders in the Ohio Official

Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.

Section 19. Reinstatement.

(A) Application. An attorney or judge who is suspended under this rule may be

reinstated to the practice of law by applying for reinstatement with the Supreme Court Commission

on Continuing Legal Education. The application for reinstatement shall be in a manner authorized

by the Commission and accompanied by evidence that the attorney or judge has satisfied the

deficiency that was the cause of the suspension under this rule, a reinstatement fee of three hundred

dollars, and payment of all fees assessed for noncompliance with this rule.

(B) Order and notice. Upon receipt of a completed application for reinstatement and

verification that the attorney has fulfilled the registration requirements of Gov. Bar R. VI, the

Secretary shall issue an order of reinstatement and send notice of the reinstatement to the attorney.

(C) Publication. Any sanction or reinstatement ordered by the Commission pursuant

to this rule shall be published by the Supreme Court Reporter in the Ohio Official Reports and the

Ohio State Bar Association Report. Copies of any sanction or reinstatement order entered by the

Commission pursuant to this rule shall be sent to those persons or organizations named in Gov.

Bar R. V, Section 17(E)(1).

Section 20. Effective Date.

(A) The effective date of this rule shall be July 1, 1988, except Section 3, which is

effective January 1, 1989.

(B)(1) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on June 28, 1989, shall be effective on July 1, 1989.

(2) The amendments to Section 6 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on November 22, 1989, shall be effective on December 15, 1989.

(3) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on May 8, 1990, shall be effective on May 28, 1990.

(4) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on July 19, 1990, shall be effective on September 1, 1990 and shall apply to definite and indefinite

suspensions imposed on or after that effective date.

(5) The amendments to Sections 3 and 4 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of

Ohio on October 16, 1990 and December 11, 1990, shall be effective January 1, 1991 and shall

apply to all programs and activities conducted on or after that effective date.

(6) The amendments to Section 2 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on February 5, 1991, shall be effective on February 18, 1991.

(7) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on June 4, 1991, shall take effect on September 1, 1991.

(8) The amendments to Sections 1 to 7 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of

Ohio on October 8, 1991, shall take effect on January 1, 1992.

(C) The amendments to this rule adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on December

14, 1993 shall take effect on January 1, 1994.

(D) The amendments to Section 4 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on October 12, 1994, shall take effect on January 1, 1995.

(E) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on July 12, 1995, shall take effect on January 1, 1996.

(F) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on October 20, 1997, shall take effect on January 1, 1998.

(G) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on September 28, 1998, shall be effective on November 1, 1998.

(H) The amendments to Section 4 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on September 21, 1999, shall take effect on January 1, 2000.

(I) The amendment to Section 2 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on

April 10, 2000, shall take effect on May 8, 2000.

(J) The amendments to Sections 3 (C)(2), 3 (H), and Section 5 of this Rule, adopted

by the Supreme Court of Ohio on November 28, 2000 shall be effective on July 1, 2001.

(K) The amendments to Sections 2 and 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of

Ohio on December 11, 2001, shall take effect on January 21, 2002.

(L) The amendments to Section 3 (B)(2) and Section 4 (B)(1) of this rule, adopted by

the Supreme Court of Ohio on April 22, 2002, shall be effective on July 1, 2002.

(M) The amendments to Section 3 (B)(2), Section 4 (A)(4) and Section 6 (C) of this

rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on July 20, 2004, shall be effective on September 1,

2004.

(N) The amendments to Section 6 (A)(1)(a) of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court

of Ohio on October 11, 2005, shall be effective on November 7, 2005.

(O) The amendments to this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on September

11, 2007, shall be effective on November 1, 2007, and shall apply to the 2008 reporting period and

subsequent reporting periods, except that former sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 shall govern sanctions and

enforcement procedures for the 2007 reporting period.

(P) The amendments to this rule adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on June 24,

2008, shall be effective November 1, 2008, and shall apply to attorneys admitted to the practice of

law and attorneys initially registered for corporate status pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Sec. 3, on or

after November 1, 2008. These amendments shall not apply to attorneys registered for corporate

status pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Sec. 3, prior to November 1, 2008, who are subsequently

admitted to the practice of law on or after November 1, 2008. Attorneys admitted to the practice

of law or registered for corporate status prior to November 1, 2008, shall comply with former Sec.

3 of this rule.

(Q) The amendment to Section 3(H)(2) of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of

Ohio on November 1, 2011, shall be effective December 1, 2011.

(R) The amendments to Section 3 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on September 11, 2012, shall be effective January 1, 2013.

(S) The amendments to Sections 3 through 20 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme

Court of Ohio on October 23, 2012, shall be effective January 1, 2014, and apply to the biennial

compliance period ending on December 31, 2014, and all subsequent biennial complia nce

periods. Former Sections 3 through 8 of this rule shall apply to the biennial compliance period

ending on December 31, 2013, and all prior biennial compliance periods.

(T) The amendments to Sections 17 and 19 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court

of Ohio on October 21, 2014, shall be effective January 1, 2015.

(U) The amendments to Section 9 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on May 2, 2017, shall be effective July 1, 2017.

(V) The amendments to Sections 3 through 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 14 of this rule, adopted

by the Supreme Court of Ohio on October 17, 2017, shall be effective November 1, 2017.

(W) The amendments to Section 10 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on April 24, 2018, shall be effective January 1, 2019.

(X) The amendments to Sections 5 and 14 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court

of Ohio on January 29, 2019, shall be effective July 1, 2019.

(Y) The amendments to Section 9 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on April 7, 2020, shall be effective June 1, 2020.

(Z) The amendments to Section 5 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on July 12, 2022, shall be effective on August 1, 2022.

(AA) The amendments to Sections 10, 11, and 17 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme

Court of Ohio on August 2, 2022, shall be effective September 1, 2022.

(BB) The amendments to Sections 3 through 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, and 19 of this rule, adopted

by the Supreme Court of Ohio on July 12, 2022, shall be effective on January 1, 2023, and apply

to the biennial compliance period ending on December 31, 2023, and all subse quent reporting

periods.

(CC) The amendments to Section 19 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on March 13, 2024, shall be effective on March 13, 2024.

(DD) The amendments to Section 2 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on October 15, 2024, shall be effective on October 15, 2024.

(EE) The amendments to Section 5 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on July 25, 2024, shall be effective on January 1, 2025.

(FF) The amendments to Section 5 of this rule, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio

on August 6, 2026, shall be effective on August 6, 2026.