The Supreme Court recently adopted amendments to the Minimum Continuing Legal Education rules regarding Elimination of Bias credit requirements. The amendments make the following changes to the rules:

• Elimination of Bias credits will now be referred to as Access to Justice credits.
• The requirement for members whose reporting period ends on 12/31/2008 will remain the same – members in a three-year reporting period must complete 3.0 Access to Justice credits; members in a shorter reporting period must complete 1.0 Access to Justice credit.
• Beginning with the reporting period ending 12/31/2009, members in a three-year reporting period will need to earn three Access to Justice credits only in every other reporting period.
• Members whose three-year reporting periods end 12/31/2009, 12/31/2010, and 12/31/2011 are not required to complete Access to Justice credits during those reporting periods.
• New admittees admitted after January 1, 2009 will be required to complete a specific three-hour course during their first reporting period.
• Access to Justice credits in excess of the requirement can be carried forward into the next reporting period, but will count only toward the general credit requirement.